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Bills to limit cell phone use in limbo

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"Some state lawmakers want Pennsylvania drivers to shut up.

For safety's sake, they say.

Four bills pending in the state House and Senate would restrict the use of mobile phones on Pennsylvania highways. Two others would prohibit the use of cell phones by school bus drivers.

All the bills, introduced earlier this year, remain stuck in the transportation committees of the two legislative bodies.

"These are the types of issues that need grassroots support to get to the front burner," said Rep. Mike Turzai, R-McCandless, co-sponor of a bill that would prohibit teens from using a mobile phone while driving.

Rep. Doug Reichley, a Republican representing parts of Lehigh and Bucks counties, is sponsoring a bill that would prohibit the use of handheld mobile phones on highways with speed limits above 25 mph. Telephone headsets would be permissible.

Reichley calls his bill "a common-sense resolution, not an attempt to outlaw cell phone use." But he's not optimistic his bill will move out of committee this year.

"I haven't talked to anybody who thinks these things are going to get legs soon," said Rep. Tom Tangretti, a Westmoreland County Democrat who co-sponsored a bill that would ban school bus drivers from using cell phones.

Sen. Joe Conti, R-Bucks County, knows how tough it is to move legislation regulating cell phone use. He's been pushing a bill to ban handheld phones from motor vehicles since 1999. "Hands-free" phones would be allowed.

This week, Conti will try to move his bill by attaching it as an amendment to a highway bill.

"It's pretty odd for a majority legislator to have to resort to the amendment process on the Senate floor," he said.

New York, Connecticut and the District of Columbia have banned drivers' use of cell phones, said Lisa Sheikh, executive director of the Partnership for Safe Driving in Washington, D.C. "

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