AN ELIZABETHTON LAWMAKER IS ONCE
AGAIN PUSHING TO MAKE
IT ILLEGAL FOR TENNESSEE DRIVERS
TO USE THEIR CELL
PHONES, UNLESS THEY HAVE A
HANDS-FREE DEVICE..
THIS IS THE NEWS AT 530, I'M
SARA DIAMOND.
I'M JOSH SMITH..
THIS TIME AROUND, REPRESENTATIVE
JOHN HOLSCLAW
SAID HE'S MADE IT SO THE
LEGISLATION WILL ONLY APPLY TO
SCHOOL ZONES...
NEWSCHANNEL 11'S JORDAN MOORE
CAUGHT UP WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE HE HEADS
BACK TO NASHVILLE...
JOSH SARA
THIS YEAR'S BILL DOES LOOK
DIFFERENT...TELLING ME THE ONLY
TIME TENNESSEE DRIVERS WOULD
HAVE TO BE HANDS FREE IS IN
SCHOOL
ZONES...
HOPING THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PUT
AN END TO DISTRACTED DRIVING.
"NATS CARS DRIVING."
"JUST LOOKING DOWN AT SOMETHING
OR CHANGING THE
RADIO OR SOMETHING I GET
DISTRACTED SO I KNOW WHEN THEY
ARE ON THEIR PHONE TEXTING OR
SOMETHING"
DRIVERS WE SPOKE WITH IN
ELIZABETHTON KNOW ITS EASY TO
GET DISTRACTED WHEN YOUR BEHIND
THE WHEEL...
"AFTER PROBABLY TWO INSTANCES OF
ALMOST WRECKING ON THE ROAD I
REALIZED I NEEDED TO DO
SOMETHING I BOUGHT A BLUETOOTH
HEADSET, YOU KNOW I DON'T WANNA
PUT ANYBODYS LIFE IN
DANGER."
"NAT ROAD NOISE."
WHICH IS WHY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN
HOLSCLAW SAYS HE IS TRYING
TO ELIMINATE AT LEAST ONE OF
THOSE DISTRACTIONS...
"THERES A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THAT
ARE CAUSED LIKE IF YOU DROP YOUR
PHONE OR IF YOU RING OR IF YOU
TEXT AND TAKE YOUR EYES OFF
THE ROAD AND THATS THE BIG
DANGER."
BY PROPOSING A HANDS FREE CELL
PHONE BILL---
"BASICALLY IT CAN BE BLUETOOTH,
YOU CAN EVEN BUY A DEVICE THAT
CREATES BLUETOOTH FOR ABOUT 40
BUCKS, OR BUY A CLIP AND
CLIP IT AND TALK TO THE PHONE
ITSELF."
WHILE HOLSCLAW SAID HE'S BEEN
WORKING ON THIS LEGISLATION FOR
FOUR YEARS....
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HES MADE
SOME CHANGES TO THE BILL..
MAKING IT SO THAT ONLY SCHOOLS
ZONES IN THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE WOULD HAVE TO BE
"HANDS FREE"
"BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY OF THE
KIDS KIDS ARE MOST IMPORTANT
AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THE
DANGERS OF CARS AND STUFFF LIKE
THAT."
"NAT ELIZ PD CAR."
MAJOR SHANNON PETERS WITH THE
ELIZABETHTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR OFFICERS
ARE ALWAYS WATCHING FOR
DRIVERS WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR
EYES ON THE ROAD...
"PEOPLE MAY BE CHECKING
DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS,
TWITTER, FACEBOOK ALL THAT STUFF
CAN WAIT..I BELIEVE
ANYTHINFG THAT THEY LEGISLATORS
CAN DO TO THAT PROMOTES THE
SAFETY AND GETS AWARENESS OUT
THERE TO PEOPLE IS GOOD FOR THE
OFFICERS AND THE CITIZENS."
"NAT ROAD."
HOLSCLAW SAID WHILE HE IS
TACKLING THE ISSUE OF GOING
HANDS FREE IN SCHOOL ZONES THIS
YEAR, IF IT PASSES HE HOPES
TO EVENTUALLY MAKE TENNESSEE A
"HANDS FREE" CELL PHONE STATE
"PEOPLE VIEW THIS AS SOMETHING
LIKE SEATBELT LAWS, IT JUST
TAKES THEM A
WHILE TO GET USED TO IT AND THEN
IN FAVOR OF IT, ITS SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO WORK ITS NOT JUST AN
OVERNIGHT THING."
JORDAN MOORE NEWSCHANNEL 11 IN
YOUR CORNER
REPRESENTATIVE HOLSCLAW SAID HE
HAS ALSO
FILED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR
DRIVERS WHO, WHILE ON THEIR
PHONES,
CAUSE CRASHES THAT RESULT IN
SERIOUS BODILY
INJURY OR DEATH.
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