Distracted driving campaign goes public in Mo.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Public health advocates in Missouri are taking their campaign against distracted driving to the masses after failing to win support in Jefferson City for a ban on driver cellphone use that goes far beyond the state's current law prohibiting people younger than 21 from texting behind the wheel.

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