A state lawmaker said Monday she won’t seek a late bill banning the use of mobile devices while driving, but said the by a driver who might have been on his cellphone shows a ban is needed.
Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, would need the permission of Speaker Frank McNulty to introduce a late bill and she doubts that would happen. McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, was the chief critic of her 2009 bill that
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“It seems we’re picking out one distraction because it’s politically expedient to do so,” he said, at the time.
The cellphone portion was removed from Levy’s bill, which did ban text-messaging while driving.
Thornton police seized the cellphone of Michael J. Grennan, 33, Saturday after an accident on East 168th Avenue where two pedestrians were killed and a teen-age boy seriously injured. , although police haven’t determined yet what caused the crash.
Lynn Bartels: 303-954-5327 or lbartels@denverpost.com
