Before the brunt of the blizzard hit Jefferson City on Tuesday
(Feb. 1), Missouri's Senate gave first-round approval to a measure that
would expand the current ban on texting while driving to adults.
A few
years ago, the legislature approved a ban on messaging while driving, but
limited it to drivers ages 21 and younger.
Although the measure won easy
voice-vote approval, Rep. Brian Nieves, R-Washington, questioned singling
out a specific activity among the variety of things a driver can do that
causes distraction.
"We just have this insatiable desire to think up
another law and another way that we're going to specifically mandate or
control the behavior of people," Nieves said during the Senate debate.
The measure faces one more vote in the Senate before going to the House.
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