Cellphone addicts may have to put the brakes on their habits with the passage of a new ordinance banning hands-on mobile device use while driving. Council members passed the draft ordinance on its third reading after allowing for several months of public comment opportunities. The ordinance is the culmination of council members Carrie Logan and Marsha Ogilvie’s efforts to implement local or statewide cellphone regulation. “Even if we just get people to think about picking up the cellphone or texting while driving, at least we’re doing something,” Ogilvie said at the July council meeting. “We’re making a step in the right direction instead of still leaving it up to the state legislators”/Cameron Rasmusson, Bonner County Bee. More here. (AP file photo for illustrative purposes)

Question: Would you like your North Idaho community to institute a ban on texting and talking on a cell phone while driving?