Arizona lawmakers are considering making it illegal for drivers to hold a cellphone. A bipartisan group of lawmakers called for approval of a bill requiring the use of hands-free devices while behind the wheel of a car. Lawmakers voted in 2017 to ban cellphone use by teenagers with a learner’s permit or during the first six months after they get a regular license. And school bus drivers are not allowed to text. But other efforts to restrict cellphone use more broadly have repeatedly failed. Forty-seven states ban texting and 16 prohibit holding a phone while behind the wheel. Phoenix Republican Senator Kate Brophy-McGee says a uniform statewide law would prevent confusion about various cell-phone laws in 22 Arizona cities and counties that have them. (Thanks to AP)
