SC Legislators To Debate Texting, Cell Phone Ban

South Carolina legislators want to discuss banning drivers from text messaging and talking on a hand-held phone.
     

Separate bills are up for debate Tuesday in House and Senate committees.
     

The House Education Committee will consider banning both texting and hand-held phone use.
     

But legislators are expected to try to separate the issues. Many legislators think barring chatting with a phone at one ear goes too far. They question how that's worse than other things that distract drivers, such as eating, fiddling with the radio or putting on makeup.

The bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee would bar texting only.
     

Legislators have proposed six bills this year on drivers texting, using a hand-held cell phone or both.