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Lawmakers want less LOLing while driving

Texting and talking while driving could soon carry a $100 fine

JANUARY 28, 2010 10:16 a.m. Comments (1)

State Rep. Don Smith, R-Aiken, was non-committal following the first public hearing of a bill that could ban the majority of drivers from texting and gabbing on their cell phones while trolling South Carolina roads.

Smith is the main sponsor of the bill that would penalize offenders $100 if they are caught texting or dialing unless they are in a tow truck heading to a wreck, calling in an illegal activity, calling for medical help or trying to prevent an injury to a person or property. Continue reading...

Texting while driving ban moves ahead

Subcommittee clears bill to make practice punishable by fine

FEBRUARY 4, 2010 10:23 a.m. Comments (1)

A House subcommittee cleared a bill late Wednesday that would make driving a car while talking on a cell phone or texting away a fineable offense in South Carolina.

State Rep. Don Smith, R-Aiken, said the proposed bill will next go to the full education and highways committee, but could not say when. The Legislature is not in session next week, but state Rep. Phil Owens, R-Pickens, said he plans to bring it up in two weeks. Like Smith, Owens is a main co-sponsor of the bill. Continue reading...

You speak, your phone listens

Texting while driving made safe

FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:48 a.m. Comments (0)

Deidra Morrison has a one-way, three-hour commute to school two or three times a week.

The Clemson post-doctorate fellow is studying what motivates people and how they use social networking to maintain contact with the world as they define it. Continue reading...

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