9/10/10-Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, wants to ban sending, receiving or reading text messages while trying to drive. This isn’t Diamond’s first time pursuing legislation to limit driver distractions. A year ago, his bill to prohibit drivers from engaging in any activity that “impairs the driver’s ability to drive” was signed into law.
He has since said that the 2009 law deals more with the effect of driving distracted. His new effort is described as dealing better with the cause of the problem.