Cayuga County looks to ban texting while driving

By: The Citizen staff report

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:56 PM EDT

AUBURN--Texting while driving may soon be banned in Cayuga County.
The Cayuga County Legislature Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously Tuesday night to fix a day and notice of public hearing on a proposed local law prohibiting text messaging while driving within county borders.

Those caught breaking the law would be fined up to $150 for each violation. It would go into effect 60 days after it becomes law.

The full Legislature will consider the measure at its meeting on June 23.

If the Legislature moves forward on it, a public hearing concerning the proposed local law is expected to be held on July 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the County Office Building, 160 Genesee St., Auburn.

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auburn~no~class wrote on Jun 16, 2009 10:53 PM:

" i see a lot of people here in auburn talking on there cellphones all the time i even seen one 4 days ago right in front of the auburn police dep. she was at a red light waited for some cars to pass then turned right going past the fire house and she was talking on a cellphone but that`s not the only place i have seen them do that so the day i see in the paper of a man or a women getting pulled over for being on there cellphone is the day i will be leave there cutting down on it till then yea right give me a brake. "

thetruthisoutthere wrote on Jun 16, 2009 10:02 PM:

" Fine, then can we have back renting and buying adult movies? There are a zillion other things the county should be wasting its time on. "

excnyer wrote on Jun 16, 2009 8:54 PM:

" People talk on cell phones and nothing is done now. How are the police going to "catch" people texting when nothing is done to stop them from talking? "

mamimbe wrote on Jun 16, 2009 8:41 PM:

" A public hearing to have a law that saves lives? "

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