TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Senate passes amended texting while driving bill
BISMARCKIt looks like North Dakota is headed for a statewide texting while driving ban after all. After lengthy debate, the state Senate voted 32-15 to approve the proposal after softening the penalt...
Posted on 3/28/11 at 2:53 PM
Terry Weaver, Bismarck, letter: Pledge to never text while driving 
Sending a text takes an average of five seconds; but doing so while driving at 55 miles per hour is the equivalent of driving the length of a football field with a blindfold on.
By Terry Weaver , September 20, 2012
AROUND MINNESOTA: Texting causes head-on crash ... Indicted priest suspended ... Man pleads guilty to smothering tot ... more
A Cloquet, Minn., man who was reportedly texting while driving caused a head-on crash near Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, authorities said.
By Associated Press/Forum Communications , June 11, 2011
N.D. LEGISLATURE: Texting ban may not be in N.D.'s future
—A statewide texting while driving ban may not be in North Dakota’s near future.
By Teri Finneman , March 25, 2011
N.D. may join states that ban texting while driving
A Bismarck lawmaker says if the North Dakota Legislature doesn't ban texting while driving, some local governments may go ahead with their own laws against it.
By Associated Press , March 17, 2011
Browerville, Minn. driver accused of texting before fatal crash in Parkers Prairie
An 18-year-old driver in a head-on crash that killed Lucille Vogt, 77, of Parkers Prairie last September is accused of sending text messages minutes before the collision.
By Al Edenlof , February 10, 2011
North Dakota lawmakers bring back distracted driving bill
North Dakota lawmakers revived the distracted driving bill Wednesday after it was defeated by one vote on Tuesday.
By Teri Finneman , February 09, 2011
Texting and driving bill passes House
A bill that bans texting while driving in North Dakota passed the state House on Tuesday.
The bill, which includes a $100 fine for a violation, passed 50-41. It now goes to the Senate.
By Teri Finneman , February 08, 2011
Canadian bus driver photographed texting while driving
A Toronto public transit bus driver faces possible dismissal after a passenger snapped a photo of him illegally texting behind the wheel.
By Associated Press , January 28, 2011
N.D. lawmaker sponsoring bill to ban texting while driving
Bismarck Rep. Lawrence Klemin is sponsoring a bill to ban texting while driving statewide. The House Transportation Committee is considering it Thursday.
By Teri Finneman , January 27, 2011
More lawmakers back text, teen restrictions
Proposals to ban texting by North Dakota motorists and to impose new restrictions on teenage drivers have picked up support in the Legislature, which has previously rejected both ideas, an Associated Press survey found.
By Dale Wetzel , December 29, 2010
Driven to ban texting? North Dakota, Fargo eye distracted driving laws
New laws in Bismarck and Grand Forks prohibiting texting while driving may help push North Dakota to join the 30 states – including Minnesota – with texting bans.
By Heidi Shaffer , November 10, 2010
Study: Texting laws do nothing for accident rates
No sooner had the Grand Forks City Council finally decided to ban texting and driving, than a national study came out saying such laws aren’t reducing accident rates and may actually make them worse.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , September 28, 2010
OUR OPINION: The crash-rate paradox
By banning texting while driving, the Grand Forks City Council did the right thing. Short of sleeping while driving, almost nothing pulls a driver’s attention off the road quite like reading and tapping out text messages.
But there’s one odd and unsettling note in all this furor: crash statistics.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , September 12, 2010
Gene LaDoucer, Fargo, letter: AAA supports ban on texting while driving
Text messaging is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, yet survey after survey shows that an alarming number of drivers do it.
AAA applauds the Grand Forks City Council for taking a serious look at the issue and the Fargo Police Department for banning the activity by its employees.
By Gene LaDoucer , September 01, 2010
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