This morning, U.S Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the federal ban on texting while driving for Commercial Truck Drivers & Bus Drivers.
Effective immediately, this newly defined portion of existing laws for these drivers could carry hefty fines of up to $2,750 for offenders.
Read more about today's announcement at Ray Lahood's blog fastlane.dot.gov/2010/01/commercial-truck-and-bus-drivers-prohibited-from-texting-while-driving.html
More to come in the next post - We need to talk about laptops and the role they play in the modern OTR truck...ScreenSafe is the answer.
Effective immediately, this newly defined portion of existing laws for these drivers could carry hefty fines of up to $2,750 for offenders.
Read more about today's announcement at Ray Lahood's blog fastlane.dot.gov/2010/01/commercial-truck-and-bus-drivers-prohibited-from-texting-while-driving.html
More to come in the next post - We need to talk about laptops and the role they play in the modern OTR truck...ScreenSafe is the answer.
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