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Nov. 10, 2008
The Verdict on California's New Text Messaging Law: Thumbs Up
The new law banning texting while driving should give all of us plenty of time to experience what life used to be like before we all had electronic devices chained to our wrists, writes Jan Vaughn Mock. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Jan Vaughn Mock OK, listen up: You may no longer operate a 4,000 lb. vehicle, flying down the road loaded with highly flammable fuel, while holding a tiny keyboard in your right hand and attempting to thumb your way through a text message. Did anyone need to tell you this? But we've all done it, right? Driving along in traffic, looking down at our cell phones or PDAs and trying to thumb - with one hand - an answer to a messa...
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