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Statewide Texting Ban Goes into Effect

By Andrea Chalfin

· Dec. 1, 2009, 7:06 am

Starting today, Colorado drivers will face a fifty dollar fine if caught sending text messages from behind the wheel. Drivers under age 18 are banned from using cell phones all together. Bente Birkeland reports from the state capitol.

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