Driving and Texting Ban

Text and Drive?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living


Jayne Lyn Stahl

For such a trifling thing as sending a text message, two young women's lives were ruined, and there will be many more unless and until legislative prohibitions against cell phone use of any kind are passed, and enforced.

Fines For Driving And Texting, Talking To Soar

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago


Motorists caught yakking on cell phones without a hands-free device or texting while driving will face sharply higher fines, under a crackdown advance...

Shut Up and Drive -- or At Least Stop Texting

Ari Bendersky | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago


Ari Bendersky

Ed Burke's proposed law sounds like a great idea. But just like the hands-free law that's supposedly in effect in Chicago, this new law will, sadly, most likely get ignored as well.