NYC Councilman Seeks to Ban Text Messaging at Wheel

I M bout 2 crsh! You'll never be able to text that again in New York City. Councilman David I. Weprin (D-Queens) will unveil a measure that would ban the sending or reading of text messages while driving within New York city limits. "It's a risk to drivers, obviously, and also to passengers and pedestrians," Weprin said. "You're not looking at the road and you don't have both hands on the wheel" when engaged in text-messaging. "The probability for accidents is too high to ignore." Weprin said the bill would be modeled on New York State's ban on the use of cellphones while driving, which imposes a $100 fine for the first infraction.