Bill prohibits reading text messages while driving
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland residents are prohibited from writing text messages while driving. Now, lawmakers say it's time for them to stop reading them.
A House of Delegates committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on legislation that would prohibit a driver from reading a text message or e-mail while driving. The measure went before lawmakers last year, but differences between the House and Senate were not worked out, and the bill failed to pass.
Current law prohibits a driver from using a hand-held device to send a text message while driving, but it still allows a driver to read a text message.
A Senate committee is holding a hearing on a bill that would ban text messaging when a vehicle is stopped at a traffic light.
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