Texting while driving ban introduced in legislature

Senator John Hilkemann of Omaha has introduced a bill that would make texting while driving a primary offense in Nebraska, right now it’s a secondary offense.

If the law were to take affect, drivers spotted texting, playing games, on apps or surfing the web on their phone would be ticketed.

A primary offense would mean you could be pulled over directly for texting, right now, you can only be ticketed for texting if you’re pulled over for another offense.