Proposed Commercial Truck and Bus Texting Ban

The transportation industry is consistently among the unfortunate leaders in occupational fatalities, partly due to the hazardous nature of commercial truck accidents. The size and weight of the typical truck can dramatically increase the severity of any collision. Driving while text messaging on a cell phone has been identified as a common cause of motor vehicle accidents. Eliminating this behavior can, at least in theory, make the roadways safer for everyone.

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What the Ban Could Mean

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has already implemented a system by which commercial truck drivers operating a vehicle weighing more than 10,000 lbs are subject to fines of up to $2,750 if they are caught text messaging while driving. Some of the targeted activities include:

• Text messaging
• Editing or inputting contact information
• Web browsing
• Reading from a personal electronic reader

The proposed changes would effectively result in an outright federal ban on text messaging and related activities and could result in the revocation of an individual’s commercial driver license.

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