U.S. Congress - H.R.2575 Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011
H.R.2575 - Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011
To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of Federal-aid Highway funds apportioned to a State unless the State enacts and implements a law establishing penalties for using a cell phone to make telephone calls or text while driving with a minor in the vehicle. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold a portion of Federal-aid Highway funds apportioned to a State unless the State enacts and implements a law establishing penalties for using a cell phone to make telephone calls or text while driving with a minor in the vehicle. as introduced.
- Short: Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011 as introduced.
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Official Summary
7/18/2011--Introduced.Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 5% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2012, and each succeeding fiscal year, if the state has not enacted and implemented a law that: (Official Summary
7/18/2011--Introduced.Drive to Stay Alive Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to withhold 5% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highway funds for FY2012, and each succeeding fiscal year, if the state has not enacted and implemented a law that:(1) prohibits a driver from using a personal wireless communications device (cell phone, but excluding a global navigation satellite system receiver used for positioning, emergency notification, or navigation [GPS]) to call or text while driving when there is a minor in the vehicle,
(2) makes violation of the law a primary offense, and
(3) establishes certain minimum fines and increased civil and criminal penalties. Permits laws meeting the requirements of this Act to provide exceptions for driver:
(1) use of a hands-free device (other than a driver who is a minor),
(2) use of a cell phone in emergency situations, and
(3) use of a cell phone by a commercial motor vehicle driver or school bus driver.
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