Back-Seat Driver: Teen driver safety bills are on a roll
Share this pageMonday, June 25, 2007
By Tony Bizjak - Bee Staff Writer
The bill that would ban teen drivers under age 18 from chatting on cell phones or text messaging is motoring ahead at the Capitol, with approval from key committees in both houses.
SB 33, co-authored by Sen. Joe Simitian, a Bay Area Democrat, and GOP Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, from Riverside County, aims to pry distractions from teen drivers’ hands so they can focus on the road.
Is the Legislature picking on teens?
Simitian said he tells them: “Look, you’re crashing at five times the rate of your 18-year-old friends. We’re not picking on anybody. We’re trying to save lives.”
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