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Senate panel advances bill to ban texting by Arizona drivers

Samantha Shotzbarger, Cronkite News//February 5, 2015//

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Senate panel advances bill to ban texting by Arizona drivers

Senate panel advances bill to ban texting by Arizona drivers

Samantha Shotzbarger, Cronkite News//February 5, 2015//

With several relatives of those killed by distracted drivers urging support, a Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sending text messages while driving. “Eight seconds is what...

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