‘Worse than sausage:’ Bill would allow texting if driver not distracted
How about a texting-while-driving bill that says it's OK to text if you're careful, but not if you're not? That's what an Idaho lawmaker has proposed as a compromise, after a texting ban was killed on the last night of last year's legislative session. Insurance companies and the Idaho Sheriffs Association have endorsed the new bill, HB 141, but the AAA of Idaho opposed it Monday, and a House committee decided to wait a week and look at ways to amend it; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com.