Bountiful Police Chief Tom Ross told legislators Wednesday he likes to look around at intersections because he nearly always sees them: “several [drivers] doing something on their cellphone.”
He says the state’s police chiefs agree that “distracted driving is such a big problem on our roadways … we feel strongly there has got to be some action taken to reduce this.”
The comments came as Rep. Carol Moss, D-Holladay, on Wednesday relaunched her effort to more clearly ban holding cellphones while driving. It would still allow hands-free devices. Similar bills have repeatedly died in recent years, even though polls show strong support for the idea.