Posted On:
January 23, 2009
UDOT Opposes Utah's Proposed Cell Phone Law
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is worried about implications of a new bill being presented in the Utah Legislature. According to KUTV News, Representative Phil Riesen is proposing a bill that would ban cell phone use while operating a vehicle, making such actions a class C misdemeanor. The bill would ban not only cell phone use, but also pagers, text messaging, and two-way radios. UDOT worries this bill will hinder state snowplowing operations since drivers often use two-way radios to communicate during snowstorms. Representative Riesen has said he will likely revise the bill to allow two-way radios.
