During this past legislative session, we lobbied hard to pass House Bill 13, the Hands Free Cell Phone Bill, by Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, which would have made it a primary offense to use a hand-held device while driving.
Such a law has been passed in 22 other states, and is has shown a 13% to 22% decrease in distracted-driving fatalities. The latest Utah poll showed 76% of voters favored such a bill. We had tragic stories of people hit by distracted drivers, and we gave reasons parents obviously should not use phones with children in the car.