Virginia May See Stronger Texting Penalties
Crime Commission to discuss making texting behind the wheel a reckless driving charge.
The Commonwealth of Virginia may be considering stronger penalties for texting while driving. The Virginia State Crime Commission will discuss Wednesday a draft of new legislation that would make texting while driving a reckless driving charge as well as a traffic offense, WTOP reports. The commission makes recommendations to the General Assembly. A Fairfax County judge ruled this year that the current texting-while-driving law precluded a reckless driving conviction against a man prosecutors said opened a text very close to the time he struck and killed a 19-year-old man on Route 7 near Dranesville in May 2011. The current law comes with penalties of $20 for the first offense and $50 for a second offense. When the case went to trial in a …
John Strother
2:48 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
There is a law that states failure to maintain both hands on the steering wheel. A law that made talking on a CB crime. This should had covered cell phones and texting. Vehicle man slaughter still applies here. Isn't it a little bit of altering laws to fit the crime when there are laws that already covers the crime? Plus an officer or the DA can always add charges or remove them. more ›