Statewide texting and driving ban may not go far enough

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the first four months since Texas implemented its statewide texting-while-driving law, the Texas Department of Public Safety reports it issued only 15 violations in Travis County — 14 warnings and a single citation.
The new law is aimed at cutting down crashes in the state because one in five in Texas are caused by distracted driving.
But advocates for the bill say the state law doesn’t go far enough to prevent fatal crashes.
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