Jeff DuBois of Seattle’s KiroTV News, speaks with a Washington State Trooper Keith Leary about the number of violators of the new law. Suprisingly, most drivers are in compliance. Also, police admit that it is difficult to discern whether drivers are resting their heads in their hands propped on the drivers’ door- or are talking on cell phones. Washington State Patrol [...]
Jun
24
2010
24
2010
Jun
10
2010
10
2010
Washington’s New Cell Phone Law Takes Effect Today
Attention Washington drivers: starting today, it is illegal to hold a cell phone up to your ear while operating a vehicle. The new cell phone law prohibits drivers from texting or calling while driving. Such violations are a primary offense at $124.00 per ticket. There are some exceptions, including emergencies and utilizing your phone in [...]
Jun
6
2010
6
2010
Washington’s New Cell Phone Law Effective Thursday, June 10
Effective June 10, 2010, Washington State law will prohibit drivers from texting or dialing or receiving calls while operating a moving motor vehicle. Such violations will no longer be a secondary offense. There are some exceptions, including emergencies and utilizing your phone in hands-free mode.
A police officer may pull you over just for seeing you hold [...]
Apr
2
2010
2
2010
New Cell Phone Law In Washington State
Effective June 10, 2010, Washington State law will prohibit drivers from calling and texting while operating a moving motor vehicle. Such violations will no longer be a secondary offense.
A police officer may pull you over just for seeing you hold a cell phone up to your ear or scan your phone for a text or email. The [...]
Mar
17
2010
17
2010
Drunk Driver Gets 8 Years in Prison in Snohomish County
The Seattle Times reported that yesterday Matthew McDonald, who plead guilty to four counts of vehicular homicide, received a sentence of 8 years in prison by Snohomish County Superior Court Judge David Kurt. McDonald had a clean record before driving through a stop sign in Marysville into the side of a car carrying four adults. [...]
Mar
5
2010
5
2010
No Cell Phone Talking Or Texting For Teen Drivers in Washington State
Wednesday, the Washington State House passed a bill prohibiting teenage drivers from using a cell phone while driving. This ban is a primary offense and includes talking and texting. The penalty is a $124 fine. The House did not pass the portion of the bill proposing to make it a primary offense for adult [...]
Mar
3
2010
3
2010
Cell Phone Use While Driving – Primary Offense in Washington State?
Washington State legislatures will be considering whether texting and using a hand held cell phone should be a primary offense. To encourage your legislature to pass the proposed bill, visit Driven to Distraction Task Force of Washington State.
Chief of Harborview Medical Center speaks in a video about the increasing incident of injuries caused by drivers [...]
Jan
24
2010
24
2010
Former Student, Distracted By Texting, Kills Bicycling High School Teacher
In Washington State’s first vehicle homicide case involving a driver distracted by texting, 18-year-old Antonio Cellestine was sentenced to 60-months in jail for killing his former Hudson’s Bay High School teacher, Gordon Patterson.
KATU: Man was texting when he hit and killed teacher.
Cellestine was texting his girlfriend when he swerved off the road and hit 50-year [...]
Jan
24
2010
24
2010
Washington State Lawmakers Working to Make Cell Phone Distraction Primary Offense For Drivers
Currently Washington State drivers can be cited for talking on a cell phone or texting only if a police officer pulls them over for some other traffic violation (e.g., speeding, swerving, running a red light, no seat belt, etc.)
Citizens and public officials recognize the serious (and sometimes fatal) risks caused by drivers distracted by cell [...]
Jan
20
2010
20
2010
Washington State Lawmakers Working To Ban BPA From Products for Children 3 and Younger
Following the Federal Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) changed position on the safety of bisphenol-A, or BPA, a widely used component of plastic bottles and food packaging that it declared safe in 2008 in products, The Seattle Times reports that Washington state lawmakers are pushing for new legislation that will protect children under age 3 from exposure [...]
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