08.26.2009 5:14 pm

Missouri restricts text messaging

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Motorists 21 or younger in Missouri will be prohibited from text messaging while driving starting on Friday, when a new law takes effect.

The state joins 22 others in having some sort of prohibition on texting from behind the wheel. Illinois this…

07.31.2009 1:43 pm

Senators explore ban on texting while driving

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to penalize states that don’t ban texting while driving.

Even though study after study shows that sending and reading text while behind the wheel is more dangerous than driving drunk, most states…