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For this week's forum I would like to highlight and discuss Georgia House Bill 673 (HB 673). HB 673 would require Georgia drivers to use hands free mobile devices when operating a vehicle.

Though other states have passed similar legislation, this policy would go a bit further; by prohibiting the use of any devices that could be considered distracting while driving by specifically banning recording videos, watching movies and essentially includes any gadget that takes a drivers attention away from the road, with exceptions for 911 calls (Wickert, 2018).

Punishments for failure to adhere to this policy would range from large fines and points assessed against a driver's license, to a 24 moth loss of the license all-together,(Wickert, 2018). As of 4/6/18, HB 673 has passed both the Ga House and Senate and is now with Gov. Deal, with the expectation that it will soon become law, (LegiScan, 2018).

It should be noted that proponents of this Bill cite rising highway fatalities in Georgia, which were over 1500 last year alone, maintaining that electronic devices play a major role in the deaths and believe that this Bill could save as many as 300 lives per year (Wickert, 2018).

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