Ban on hand-held driver phones fails

Lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly rejected a bill to ban hand-held driver phones after a handful of amendments, debates and product demonstrations. The bill would have allowed law enforcement to ticket anyone caught with a cell phone in hand while driving. “This bill is a wireless cell phone hands-free bill,” the author of the bill, Rep. Mike Huval, R-Breaux Bridge, said. “It does not keep yo...

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