Ohio House Passes the Ban on Texting While Driving

Ohio is the newest state to move ahead with the texting while driving ban. The House passed the bill 85-12 today. The new bill, which still has to be passed by the Senate, will allow police officers to pull over a driver if he's seen texting. In the first six months drivers will be issued warnings only but after that offenders will be hit with a $150 dollar fine (a big improvement over Iowa's $30.)

Incredibly, there are people who are against the law. Opponents suggest that texting is no worse than talking on a cell phone, shaving or eating while driving.  Rep. Barbara Sears, a Republican from Sylvania says, "We don't need a law that highlights only one thing and suggests it is the only thing that's truly distracting."

We say, it sounds like Sears is counting on common sense to save us all and we know how that's going to work out. . don't we?