Start Spreading the News: NY next state to ban texting
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s law banning the use of handheld devices for reading, typing and sending text messages while driving has been passed.
Effective Nov. 1, the new law makes New York the 18th state to enact such anti-texting legislation.
Text messaging while driving is already banned in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia. Other states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Oregon, have similar legislation in place go into effect Jan. 1, 2010.
For a full list of U.S. states with cell phone and texting bans, click here.
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