New York Approving Ban on Hand-held Car Phones
The New York Senate approved a measure that would make the state the first in the nation to ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones.
"Finally, we will get the bird back in the cage," said Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who began his campaign for the ban in 1996 amid his colleagues' snickers. " People were making a lot of fun of me, but it eventually became not only an issue at the state level, but on the national level."
Lawmakers embraced the notion after independent polls showed New Yorkers favoring the ban by a wide margin. A March poll from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found that 87 percent of New York voters supported a ban.
Violators of the New York law could be fined up to $100 beginning in December.
美国纽约州参议院上周四晚通过一项法规议案,该法规一旦签署施行,将使纽约州成为全美第一个禁止汽车驾驶员打手提电话的州。
由于数个独立的民意调查都显示,赞成禁止开车打手机的人比反对者多得多,议员们也对这项动议投了赞成票。
一旦纽约州州长帕塔奇签署法令,该法令将在从今年11月1日生效。违反法令的人将被课以最高100美元的罚款,不过在头一个月内,违法者只会被口头警告。
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