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Whitmer, advocates seek hand-held phones ban while driving

by Associated Press
| January 12, 2020 12:05 AM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and safety advocates want to combat distracted driving by restricting the use of cellphones, though pending legislation does not go as far as what she proposed nearly a year ago.

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