Police call for tougher law on distracted driving - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Police call for tougher law on distracted driving

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GREENWOOD -

Indiana police officers want state lawmakers to beef up a ban on texting while driving so it includes any activity that could take a motorist's attention away from the road.

Deputy Chief Matt Fillenwarth of the Greenwood Police Department says the state needs a law that covers someone applying makeup, surfing the Internet or doing other tasks that take a driver's eyes off the road. He tells the Daily Journal that police also need the ability to enforce it.

Police can't cite drivers for violating the texting ban unless they catch them in the act. Officers can't confiscate a driver's phone to see if they were doing something illicit.

Lawmakers acknowledged the texting ban's limitations when they passed it but said it would call attention to the dangerous practice.

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