Lorry drivers call for ban on All driver Texting
Ban imposed on lorry drivers should be extended to all motorists, says ATA's Graves
A ban on text messaging by lorry drivers imposed today should be extended to all motorists, said the president of the American Trucking Associations.
Such a prohibition would be appropriate for "all states," ATA President Bill Graves said at a press conference in Washington announcing the ban on texting by lorry drivers. When will this be coming to the UK we ask here at m & m driving school. When you are teaching all day long you seeing people all the time using their phones, and this is just in and around the redhill driving lessons area, so the bigger picture is something that needs addressing sooner then later.
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia ban texting by drivers. Several other states are mulling similar bans, and Congress is considering federal legislation.
"We'd like to see all 50 states (adopt such a ban), and failing that we would support federal action that bans texting among all automobile drivers to make our roads safer," Graves said. "We'll work with our affiliated state associations to make that happen."
Graves spoke alongside Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro. ATA supports the ban, which imposes fines of up to $2,750 on lorry and bus drivers who send text messages while driving.
The ban was imposed by the Department of Transportation while FMCSA works on a proposed rule on what electronic devices lorry drivers may use while driving.
"The ability to ban texting on handheld devices is available and we applaud doing that," said Graves, noting that "we have some tougher tests before us" when it comes to determining whether restrictions should be placed on other in-cab devices.
"Over the last five years we've seen some progress in safety on our nation's highways, from fatality accidents to the injury rate," Graves said. "But in order for those statistics to continue to improve, we need steps like the one the secretary is announcing today."
A ban on text messaging by lorry drivers imposed today should be extended to all motorists, said the president of the American Trucking Associations.
Such a prohibition would be appropriate for "all states," ATA President Bill Graves said at a press conference in Washington announcing the ban on texting by lorry drivers. When will this be coming to the UK we ask here at m & m driving school. When you are teaching all day long you seeing people all the time using their phones, and this is just in and around the redhill driving lessons area, so the bigger picture is something that needs addressing sooner then later.
Nineteen states and the District of Columbia ban texting by drivers. Several other states are mulling similar bans, and Congress is considering federal legislation.
"We'd like to see all 50 states (adopt such a ban), and failing that we would support federal action that bans texting among all automobile drivers to make our roads safer," Graves said. "We'll work with our affiliated state associations to make that happen."
Graves spoke alongside Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro. ATA supports the ban, which imposes fines of up to $2,750 on lorry and bus drivers who send text messages while driving.
The ban was imposed by the Department of Transportation while FMCSA works on a proposed rule on what electronic devices lorry drivers may use while driving.
"The ability to ban texting on handheld devices is available and we applaud doing that," said Graves, noting that "we have some tougher tests before us" when it comes to determining whether restrictions should be placed on other in-cab devices.
"Over the last five years we've seen some progress in safety on our nation's highways, from fatality accidents to the injury rate," Graves said. "But in order for those statistics to continue to improve, we need steps like the one the secretary is announcing today."
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