Rhode Island: MMA makes it past House of Reps committee
The House Corporations Committee has passed a bill that would prohibit driving while text-messaging. The bill, which already has passed…
The House Corporations Committee has passed a bill that would prohibit driving while text-messaging.
The bill, which already has passed the Senate, now goes to the full House for a vote.
Supporters of the measure say drivers who were text-messaging have been responsible for several accidents, including some fatal crashes. Some committee members had concerns about how the police will be able to determine whether drivers were texting before a crash, but voted for the bill nonetheless.
Text-messaging while driving is already banned in at least 10 states — including Connecticut — and the District of Columbia.
The committee also passed a controversial bill that would allow mixed martial arts fighting in the state. The form of hand-to-hand competition combines wrestling, boxing and other fighting forms.