D&P Highlight: Expanding distracted driving laws to include...WHAT??
Oct 15, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
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Dana WrightHost
Scott ParksHost
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Oct 15, 2026 · 9 min · 9 segments
Dana WrightHostScott ParksHost
... engaging in these activities, but have not always been able to issue a citation under the city's current distracted driving ordinance.
That's gonna be illegal." And the ordinance, you know, just thought, as lawmakers at the time, that that's like the worst thing people would be doing on their phones.
It did not include all of the other stupid things people are doing behind the wheel, like watching Netflix.
Can you imagine the moment that a police officer pulls somebody over, "Uh, ma'am, license and registration.
Why?" "Well, it appeared you were texting and driving." And then the woman looks at that officer with a dead straight face and says, "I wasn't texting.
Well, one of the people that they cite in this story is a newspaper delivery person who was watching Netflix while throwing papers-
... engaging in these activities, but have not always been able to issue a citation under the city's current distracted driving ordinance.
That's gonna be illegal." And the ordinance, you know, just thought, as lawmakers at the time, that that's like the worst thing people would be doing on their phones.
It did not include all of the other stupid things people are doing behind the wheel, like watching Netflix.
Can you imagine the moment that a police officer pulls somebody over, "Uh, ma'am, license and registration.
Why?" "Well, it appeared you were texting and driving." And then the woman looks at that officer with a dead straight face and says, "I wasn't texting.
Well, one of the people that they cite in this story is a newspaper delivery person who was watching Netflix while throwing papers-
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