Crime Commission to discuss making texting behind the wheel a reckless driving charge.
The Commonwealth of Virginia may be considering stronger penalties for texting while driving. The Virginia State Crime Commission will discuss Wednesday a draft of new legislation that would make texting while driving a reckless driving charge as well as a traffic offense, WTOP reports. The commission makes recommendations to the General Assembly. A Fairfax County judge ruled this year that the current texting-while-driving law precluded a reckless driving conviction against a man prosecutors said opened a text very close to the time he struck and killed a 19-year-old man on Route 7 near Dranesville in May 2011. The current law comes with penalties of $20 for a first offense and $50 for a second offense. When the case went to trial in a …
Paula
10:51 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Call me 'old-fashioned' but there is no such thing as multi-tasking when a person is behind the wheel. It is NOT okay to read a book/newspaper, knit, put on make-up, eat a bowl of cereal, text, surf the internet, talk on the phone, etc. while driving or even sitting in traffic. Our job and only job is to navigate the vehicle and obey the laws while doing so.. . . nothing more, nothing less. more ›