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Group Letter Urges Support for Legislation Upgrading Kentucky’s Distracted Driving Law

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On February 17, 2022, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) sent a group letter to the Kentucky House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance Members urging support for House Bill (HB) 258 which would upgrade the state’s distracted driving law.

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Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Urges the Kentucky House of Representatives to Upgrade the State’s Distracted Driving Law

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On February 8, 2022, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) urged the Kentucky House of Representatives to support House Bill (HB) 258 to upgrade Kentucky’s distracted driving law and prevent deaths, injuries and related costs.  Laws curbing driver distraction must be updated to keep pace with the technology and ensuing distraction. 

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Group Letter Urging Kentucky to Upgrade its Distracted Driving Law

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Expanding current distracted driving laws to more broadly curb manual use of devices, known as a hands free requirement or a hand held prohibition, and coupling this measure with provisions to also restrict distracting viewing of devices, such as accessing the internet, reading and updating social media networks, video chatting and streaming video, can help to deter deadly device use behind the wheel.

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