A trio of laws to curb texting, phoning behind the wheel

In what could become a windfall for lawyers representing defendants charged with violating traffic laws, Gov. Pat Quinn has signed three bills prohibiting specific kinds of telephone use while driving.

The laws are "fairly well tailored to real problems," said a past chair of the ISBA Human Rights Section Council, who also warned that most drivers -- even lawyers such as himself -- could easily fall victim to the new cell-phone regulations. Read Adam Lasker's LawPulse item in the October IBJ and find out more.