Texting-while-driving ban up again in Fla. Legislature

An effort to ban the sending of text messages while driving appears stalled in the Florida Legislature.

The Republican leadership has been generally hostile because of their distaste for further government intrusion into people's lives. They say there are already laws on the books banning unsafe driving that would cover a driver distracted by texting.
 
But Tampa Bay area horse trainer Joyce Concklin has a different opinion. She suffered 10 broken bones when a texting driver ran head on into her husband's pickup truck. She said the law might infringe a little on other's lives but the accident had a major effect on hers. The texting driver died.
 
The proposal calls for $30 fine for a first violation and a $60 fine for a second within five years.