txting while n motion

I heard a report on last-night's local t.v. news, and then again this morning on the radio, that there was a debate in the Maryland State House over whether to ban texting only while vehicles are in motion or to ban it totally by all drivers, even when their vehicles are stopped at traffic signals.

I'm not sure which positon won, but I hope it's the former.

If penalties for texting while stopped are the same as penalties for texting while in motion, drivers incur no additional cost of texting w...