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No thank you. I'm driving.

By Shawn Matlock

You really have to hand it to those Texas legislators.  I feel warm and fuzzy knowing they are doing everything they can to ensure Texas is a great place to live and work.  And if State Representative Chente Quintanilla of El Paso has anything to say about it, much safer.  Perhaps, too safe?Representative Quintanilla has filed this doozy.  This bill would make it illegal to do much of anything while driving, except driving.  Quintanilla wants to make it an offense for a driver to do any of the following:                    (1)  reading;                   (2)  writing;                   (3)  performing personal grooming;                   (4)  consuming food or a beverage;                   (5)  interacting with a pet;                   (6)  interacting with a vehicle passenger;                   (7)  using a personal communications device; or                   (8)  engaging in another activity that prevents the operator from safely operating the                            motor vehicle...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).