​For X series horizontal cycloid reducer most drivers, seeing anotherperson operating a vehicle while impaired can be a frightening experience. Butalcohol is not the only thing that can make a driver dangerous. Talking on acell phone and eating also contribute to driver negligence — and now textingcan be added to the list.

In Wisconsin, the state legislaturemoved closer than ever before to completely banning texting while driving. Thebill has now passed both the Senate and Assembly by large bipartisan votes.Most recently, by an 89-6 vote, the Assembly voted not only to levy fines of upto $400 for a first texting offense, but also to double the potential penaltyfor a second offense, an increase the Senate version did not include.

Because of the differences betweenthe two bills, a third vote to reconcile them will need to take place beforethe final texting bill is placed on Governor Jim DoyleÂ’s desk. GovernorDoylehas already stated that he will sign the bill into law.

Driverdistraction, including texting, killed an estimated 6,000people and injured more than 500,000 in U.S. car crashes in 2008. If the billbecomes law, Wisconsin will become the 20th state to approve a full ban ontexting while driving, while nine other states have approved bans for youngdrivers. In Texas, school bus drivers are not allowed to text while driving.

In addition to public safety, moneymay also be a contributing factor to the sudden increase in texting bans at thestate level. Currently, two federal laws moving through Congress would affectfederal highway funding. The first, proposed by New York Senator CharlesSchumer, would cost any state that does not ban texting 25 percent of itsfederal highway funding. A second law winding its way through Congress wouldact as more of a carrot, in the form of $30 million allotted as grants tostates that pass laws intended to limit distractions to drivers.

Regardless of lawmakersÂ’motivations, the new Wisconsin law may soon find its way to Governor DoyleÂ’sdesk. Once signed, the new law would go into effect six months later. Sometimethis summer, therefore, drivers will have to put away their cell phones andstop texting, at least until their engines are off.

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