6/23/04-A bill that would have prohibited drivers of trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or more from using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving on interstate highways in the state is dead.
HB3306, sponsored Rep. Joe Towns, D-Memphis, remained in the House Transportation Committee at the close of the session May 21, effectively killing it for the year.
The measure would have permitted only “hands-free” devices in moving vehicles. Violators would have been subject to a $50 fine.
It exempted emergency calls.