Few Tickets Given Since Enforcing Texting While Driving Ban

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by marklink in blog

Georgia local police have started issuing citations for texting while driving in hopes of keeping Georgia highways safer. Law enforcement officials have been quoted saying the law is difficult to enforce, but they also cite they are up to the challenge. Some people may be tempted to alter there behavior only when they see police. However, the law is rasing more awareness about the issue. According to a news story reported by WSAV.com, a Savannah tv news station reported:

Few Tickets Given Since Enforcing Texting While Driving Ban

The violation draws a $150 fine, and according to the state highway patrol, there have been just a couple of dozen of those tickets handed out. Patrol officers out of Rincon say none of those have been written by them. Similarly, Port Wentworth police report no citations given for texting while driving. Spokesmen for both agencies agree the new law is hard to enforce, especially when patrolling in marked law enforcement vehicles.

Do You Text while driving still? Then perhaps you should consider these 4 ways to break the habit of texting while driving. According to this blog report at Text’nDrive Virginia police are issuing fewer texting while driving tickets. Some attribute this to the law being secondary, meaning an officer must be issuing a citation for another offense. Few Citations Issued in Virginia 1 year after texting ban law goes into affect.

According to a report from WDBJ7, police records do not show high numbers for texting while driving. Roanoke County issued six citations for texting while driving, while Montgomery County issued only one. Salem police officers have yet to issue a ticket for texting while driving. Of the 134 cases that found their way into court, only 3 were dismissed. The vast majority pleaded guilty.

Police in Michigan are also reportedly getting off to a slow start issuing citations for texting while driving. Of the 10 biggest communities in metro Detroit, half didn’t ticket any drivers for texting. Read more, click on link:

Enforcement of ban on texting while driving is off to slow start

Police write few tickets in 1st week

The law, which took effect on July 1, 2009, makes it illegal for the person behind the wheel of a car in motion to read or send text messages while driving. It’s aimed at catching drivers looking down, versus watching the road. Since January of this year, troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol have issued 47 tickets statewide, Tennessee Department of Safety Public Affairs Director Mike Browning said. According to Browning, there were few, if any tickets written before the first of the year.

According to the Denver Daily News:

Few texting while driving tickets issued

Only six given out since law took effect, but lawmakers say it is an indication of compliance

Law enforcement had originally said the law would be difficult to enforce. But the Denver Police Department does not attribute enforcement difficulty as the reasoning behind the low number of citations issued. They think people are just paying better attention. Sonny Jackson, Denver Police spokesman, said his department is strictly enforcing the law, but that the violations can be difficult to prove in court. He said his officers are issuing citations based on what they believe they can prove in court.

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