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New law prohibits driving through school zones while using cell phones
Comments 0 | Recommend 0THE STORY: City officials have started putting up warning signs on school zones warning people that they could face fines up to $200 for using their cell phones while the zones are in effect. Municipal Court director Karen Vogel said in an e-mail that a standard ticket cost a chatty Patty about $120.
THE LINK: www.oaoa.com /news/laws-38446-school-zone.html
THE POLL: Are you looking forward to Odessa enforcing the new law prohibiting drivers from driving through school zones while using cell phones without a hands-free head set?
>> Yes, our children will be safer: 20 percent (4 votes)
>> Yes, but we should ban the use of cell phones while driving anywhere, not just school zones: 50 percent (10 votes)
>> Maybe against texting, but otherwise the law’s going too far: 5 percent (1 vote)
>> No. I can dial and drive just fine!: 0 percent (0 votes)
>> (I’m trying to text in my answer as I’m driving down 42nd Street): 25 percent (5 votes)
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