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 [...]
Apr
2
2010
2
2010
New Cell Phone Law In Washington State
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 [...]
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