Kingman’s city council voted this week to ban the use of handheld devices while driving. According to the Kingman Daily Miner, the council approved the measure, which prohibits talking and texting, in a 5 to 1 vote. The ban begins January 1st, but there will be a 90 day grace period in which police will issue verbal warnings to educate the public about the law. After that, a driver could be fined as much as $500.
KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.