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Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Alan Lazerow
While much research has been done on the effects of cell-phone use on driver safety, the issue of text messaging while driving has only recently received due attention. A comprehensive 2008 study concluded the dangers inherent in text messaging while driving are more serious than both alcohol consumption and marijuana use. Armed with such information, in 2009, the Maryland legislature passed a statute, which provides that motorists may not “write or send a text message while operating a motor vehicle in motion . . . .” First, this article argues the statute is near impossible to enforce at best, as …
Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Alan Lazerow
While much research has been done on the effects of cell-phone use on driver safety, the issue of text messaging while driving has only recently received due attention. A comprehensive 2008 study concluded the dangers inherent in text messaging while driving are more serious than both alcohol consumption and marijuana use. Armed with such information, in 2009, the Maryland legislature passed a statute, which provides that motorists may not “write or send a text message while operating a motor vehicle in motion . . . .” First, this article argues the statute is near impossible to enforce at best, as …
Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Near Impossible To Enforce At Best, Unconstitutional At Worst: Maryland's Text-Messaging Ban On Drivers Has Gtg, Alan Lazerow
Alan Lazerow
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