when did no texting and driving become a law
Texting while driving Texting while driving is generally outlawed for drivers in all states and the District of Columbia except Arizona, Montana, Missouri, and Texas. The state of Texas prohibits school bus drivers from texting while transporting a child under the age of 17.[39] The following states have laws that restrict those who are underage and/or those with learner's permits from texting while driving: Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas.[40] Missouri also bans all commercial drivers from texting and cell phone use.[41] Law that were enacted in Kentucky in 2010, Indiana in 2011 and Ohio in 2012 banned texting for all drivers, as well as those who are under 18 from using cell phones while driving. The latter feature is unusual in that a driver with an unrestricted licenses is subject to the ban; most states that have banned cell phone usage by young drivers apply their laws only to those holders of either a restricted or graduated licenses.
Driver License Compact The Driver License Compact came into existence with Nevada becoming the first member in 1960. Organizations in the Western States such as governors came together to cooperate on traffic safety. Under the Beamer Resolution ("Interstate Compacts for Highway Safety Resolution"), Public Law 85-684, enacted on August 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 635 (named for Rep. John V. Beamer, R-Indiana),[2][not in citation given] states were automatically given permission to form compacts in the areas of traffic safety. Originally, the Driver License Compact dealt with dangerous driving violations such as drunk driving, reckless driving, commission of a felony involving a motor vehicle and others. Later on, minor violations were included as well. Quite a few states joined in the 1960s but it languished in the 1970s and part of the 1980s. In the late 1980s, there was a push by the AAMVA to get states to join and in the early to mid 1990s, quite a few states joined.