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Ban on texting while

driving takes effect Sunday
OKLAHOMA CITY On
Sunday, Oklahoma will officially
become the 46th state to ban texting
while driving, a law that legislators
say is as an effort to make Oklahoma
roadways safer by reducing the
number of distracted drivers.
House Bill 1965, authored
by Rep. Terry ODonnell, makes
texting while driving a primary
offense, which means an officer
can pull a person over without
witnessing any other violations, and
imposes a maximum $100 fine for
violation of the law. The law exempts
drivers who are using their phone
to communicate with emergency
responders while driving.
This is a wake-up call not just
for teen drivers but all of us who
have become accustomed to the
constant contact our cellular devices
provide, said Speaker of the House
Jeffrey W. Hickman, R-Fairview.
Texting while driving is becoming
one of the leading causes of
death, which is not surprising as a
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration study shows typing
or reading text on a cell phone is six
times more dangerous than driving
while intoxicated.
The
measure
received
overwhelming support in the
Legislature, passing out of the
House by a vote of 85-7 and out of
the Senate by a vote of 38-6 before
being signed into law by Gov. Mary
Fallin in May.
More than 330,000 injuries
each year are caused by texting
and driving across the nation, said
ODonnell, R-Tulsa. Although we
do not know when, where or who,
what we do know is that this law will
prevent needless property damage
and injuries and it will save lives on
Oklahomas roads and highways.
According to the Department
of Public Safety, in 2013 data,
distracted drivers using electronic
devices caused more than 600 auto
crashes, including 14 fatal accidents.
The danger to Oklahomans has only
increased as cell phone ownership
has soared during the past decade,
said Oklahoma Department of
Public
Safety
Commissioner
Michael Thompson
This is not only an important
public safety issue, but it is personal

Oklahoma House Speaker Jeff Hickman (R-Fairview), left, listens as

state Rep. Terry ODonnell (R-Tulsa) addresses the media during a
news conference at OU Medical Center today to promote the new
Oklahoma law that prohibits texting while driving. The law goes into
effect on Nov. 1.
for the Department of Public Safety
and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol,
said Thompson. In February, a state
trooper was killed in the line of duty
and another trooper was seriously
injured with life threatening injuries
that he is still recovering from today.
This traumatic incident occurred
because a driver was updating his
social media accounts instead of
watching the road.
Thompson believes Oklahomas
new law will help other families and
other law enforcement officers avoid
additional tragedies in the future.
Trooper Nic Dees never made it
home to his family, just like dozens
of other Oklahomans each year who
are killed by distracted driving,
Thompson said. Not only is texting
while driving senseless, it is selfish.
I know that all of our Troopers
and their families are very happy
that this law was passed because
they deal with the consequences of
distracted driving every day.
Several
telecommunications
providers also supported the bill.
AT&T applauds the efforts of
the Oklahoma Legislature for taking

steps to ban texting while driving,

said Steve Hahn, President of AT&T
Oklahoma. Through our It Can
Wait campaign, weve worked hard
to raise awareness about this issue
with Oklahomans and remind all
drivers to keep their eyes on the
road, not on their phones. It will take
all of us working together to combat
this deadly practice, and this law is
an important step toward making
our Oklahoma roadways safer.
Pioneer Cellular supports the
new distracted driving law and
has been promoting safe driving
through our Commit, Drive Dont
Text campaign throughout Western
Oklahoma, said Pioneer Cellular
General Manager Richard Ruhl.
The law is known as the
Trooper Nicholas Dees and
Trooper Keith Burch Act of
2015, in memory of State
Trooper Nic Dees and in honor
of State Trooper Keith Burch. A
driver who was texting struck the
Troopers on February 9 while they
were working a traffic accident on
I-40. Dees was killed and Burch
received devastating injuries.
November 2, 2015 3:24 pm /

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