Texting crackdown nets hundreds in Hudson Valley
Photo credit: AP | Joseph Dea, of West Hollywood, Calif., pauses as he texts while driving in a car in Brunswick, Maine, in this posed photo. The texting ban is prominent among the scores of laws taking effect Wednesday, Sept. 28, the 90th day after the close of the 2011 regular session. (Sept. 20, 2011)
Drivers in Westchester, Orange and Ulster counties were among the most-ticketed in a recent State Police effort to crack down on texting while driving.
Troopers caught more people texting behind the wheel in Orange County than in any other New York county, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said Friday. Orange County drivers were issued 280 tickets for splitting their attention between smartphones...
