DS group aims to limit distracted driving

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Staff Report, on August 19, 2020

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They’ve already gotten the speed limit lowered. Now a Western Hays County group is revving up its legislative outreach months ahead of 2021.

The 290 Safety Coalition had pressed for the TxDOT speed study conducted in June 2019 that resulted in the lowering of the speed limit Aug. 3 to 55 mph along U.S. 290 between Dripping Springs and Oak Hill. Now they are taking aim at distracted driving, backing a bill (SB 43) by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) that would make Texas a ...

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