No texting, Charleston proposal
Texting and Driving (Added: March 10, 2010)
Charleston's Mayor Joe Riley calls on city council to make driving and texting illegal. (more)Published: March 10, 2010
You do it, or you know someone who does.
Texting and driving.
That's why Mayor Joe Riley said it's time to make it against the law in Charleston.
“I believe an ordinance would help remind people and discourage people,” he said.
“I don't know how they would enforce it. That would be the problem,” Marie Nichols said.
Mayor Riley said he hopes by making texting while driving illegal, drivers will just follow the rules.
“I wish that would be the case but I don't know,” Nichols said.
In their regular meeting, Charleston City Council members also wondered how officers could prove a person was texting, and at what point other distractions, like eating, smoking, or putting on make-up, are just as bad as texting.
“At what point to decide ok, we need to pull them over for this. I think it all falls under reckless driving,” one councilman said.
At the end of their meeting, the council decided to send the ideas to the Public Safety Department for more discussion.
Already Clemon passed a no texting law. Mount Pleasant is also considering a similar law.
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