Texting while driving ban passes in Alaska

It’s official: texting while driving will get you pulled over in Wrangell and elsewhere across the State of Alaska.

Thanks to a bill by Representatives Les Gara and Bill Thomas, along with the co-sponsorship of Rep. Peggy Wilson, Alaska’s anti-texting law – one of the strongest in the country – is now back on the books.

In 2011, the question of whether current anti-cell phone use laws covered texting became a focal point for a number of judges and magistrates across the state.

With the new law, however, there is no question. If you text while driving, you will be breaking the law.

Wrangell Pol...