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Texting Rules * USA - about to get serious for truckers
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -March 31, 2010: -- The U.S. DOT is proposing a new rule to say texting while driving will be a serious traffic violation and will carry serious penalties for commercial drivers... Leadership of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association plans to submit formal comments on the proposal during a 30-day public comment period that begins Thursday... “The Association absolutely believes you should not be texting while driving, but this new rule is, in many respects, a politically motivated gesture on the part of the agency,” said OOIDA Director of Regulatory Affairs, Joe Rajkovacz... “It’s fascinating to read this. They refer to public opinion polls that are in favor, and they actually admit to not having any studies that implicate CMV drivers and crash causation with texting”... Rajkovacz said laws already exist to deal with inattentive or reckless driving and should be enforced...Labels: cell phones ban, texting rules
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