Senators vote to let police pull texting, Snapchatting drivers over
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3/23/2017
Using a cell phone the wrong way at the wrong time could get you a traffic ticket if a bill that cleared the Iowa Senate Wednesday night becomes law.
Drivers still could use a hand-held device to make a phone call or look at a digital map to get GPS driving directions, but police could pull a driver over for texting, Snapchatting or having a Facebook live session behind the wheel.
Senator Liz Mathis, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, would like to go farther, but she and most of the other senators voted for the bill.
Read the full article on the Radio Iowa website.
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