NH: Oppose House Bill That Would Gut Distracted Driving Enforcement and Endanger All Road Users

  • February 10, 2025
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Ahead of a hearing on February 11th, Advocates has sent a letter to leaders of the House Transportation Committee outlining our opposition to House Bill (HB) 411. This legislation will endanger New Hampshire residents by downgrading the distracted driving law to secondary enforcement. Current law is primary enforcement which allows law enforcement to stop distracted drivers without needing to first observe another traffic violation before stopping the driver for distracted driving. Considering the prevalence of distracted driving crashes, weakening the law to secondary enforcement would be a costly and deadly mistake. Read the full letter here.