# New York State wide ban on texting while driving

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [November 2, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-state-wide-ban-on-texting-while-driving/248054 "2009-11-02T21:07:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-york-state-wide-ban-on-texting-while-driving/248054/75 "2013-06-01T08:31:10Z")

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> [@ATT people](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/att-people/52886/12):
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> According to a trooper interviewed in the TU a couple weeks ago, texting while stopped at a light is legal.

everything’s illegal while driving, all they have to do is write you a distracted driving ticket.

btw i’m not sure if im serious or not.

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