US Senate refuses to implement mobile driving ban

Link: Times Community Newspapers – Local News – 03/08/2006 – House panel says it is OK for teens to chat and drive.

For the second year in a row, efforts by Sen. Jay O’Brien (R-Fairfax) to prevent teen drivers from using cell phones while behind the wheel of a car have been thwarted.

Last week’s 3-2 vote on O’Brien’s proposal (Senate Bill 137) in a House Transportation subcommittee was so close that its chairman took a recount.

Bizarre.