North Carolina Bans Texting While Driving

North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban this year on texting while driving. So how did Gov. Beverly Perdue get the word out?

She had an aide send a text message announcing the governor has signed the ban into law.

Using abbreviations common to the text-messaging world, Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson tapped out a message announcing the signing: “This msg 2 u was composed while I was behind my desk, not behind the wheel. Hope u r not driving now.”

State lawmakers passed the legislation last week and the law takes effect Dec. 1.

A national highway safety group says North Carolina becomes the 14th state in recent years to bar texting while driving in hopes of curbing driver distraction and accidents.

Latest Comments

• June 24, 2009 at 6:20 am

  wudchuck says:

  well, it does not matter who sent the msg, but if you are going to hit drivers for this action, you might as well get them for using cellphones! how many of them do you see h... read more
• June 23, 2009 at 3:31 am

  Sending or receiving says:

  Looks like sending a text message is against the law, but I wonder how the gov would respond to a claim when someone crashed while receiving her message????
• June 23, 2009 at 12:45 pm

  Paul says:

  Other than passing this bill our gov in NC is useless. She raises taxes, makes cuts to education, cuts state employees wages including teachers. She is a joke. Hopefully the p... read more