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The Missouri Compromise

Missouri is weighing a bill that would ban drivers under 21 years of age from texting while driving (while Illinois works through all the possible implications of its own all-ages bill). The bill’s sponsor didn’t want the age restriction, and to be honest I’m not sure where that came from — it’s hardly an age-specific issue.

(thanks Alex)

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This entry was posted on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 4:35 pm and is filed under Traffic safety. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “The Missouri Compromise”

  1. aaron Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 7:25 am

    My guess is that someone in Missouri is making light of the drinking age.

  2. John D. Williams Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    Anything that takes eyes away from the road needs to be considered dangerous. In the future, this may include dashboard devices.

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