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Related: About this forumPerry: Texting-while-driving ban is ‘government micromanagement’
A spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry, just hours after a tear-laden House committee hearing on a proposed texting-while-driving ban, said Tuesday that Perry continues to see education rather than regulation as the solution for the increasingly widespread but dangerous practice.
The reaction from Perry aide Lucy Nashed would seem to bode ill for state Rep. Tom Craddicks second attempt to push through a law barring adult drivers from texting or emailing while driving a moving vehicle. Perry vetoed a similar bill by the Midland Republican and former House Speaker in 2011, calling it a government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults.
Gov. Perry continues to believe texting while driving is reckless and irresponsible, and as he noted last session, current law already prohibits drivers under the age of 18 from texting or using a cell phone while driving, Nashed told the American-Stateman in an email. The key to dissuading drivers from texting while driving is information and education, not government micromanagement.
Witnesses appearing earlier Tuesday before the House Transportation Committee, which was considering Craddicks HB 63, shared a number of stories about loved ones who died in accidents involving texting. Education alone, some said, will not be enough.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/perry-texting-while-driving-ban-is-government-micr/nWZz9/ .
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)So won't the Gov't have something to do with getting the word out? People texting while driving is more dangerous than anything. Man I wont even turn on my cell if I am in the car.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)...refuse to be educated.
He thinks he already has enough edjimication--after all, he gradjiated frum the sixth grade..........
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Surprisingly, Gov. Perry may be confused - Texting, Textbooks, who can keep it all straight?
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)He'd change his mind if some fool driving while texting hit one of his kids and put them in the hospital.
He's soulless.
Thanks for the heads-up, TxT!
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Nor is the sonagram and sermon required for those considering an abortion.
But THIS - texting while driving is where he draws the line?
How much STUPIDER can you be?
He wants small government, all right - small enough to fit in a woman's uterus.
LeftInTX
(25,305 posts)I have yet to meet anyone who has voted for this loser.
I have no idea how he wins elections.