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At the WV Legislature: Senate committee advances ‘Electronically Distracted Driving Act’

By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A bill to help eliminate distracted driving advanced out of the state legislature’s Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Monday. 

This bill, the engrossed committee substitute for HB 2218, which passed the House on Feb. 10, rewrites sections of state code as it relates to the use of stand-alone electronic devices, such as MP3 players and video players, and wireless telecommunication devices, such as cell phones and…