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Andrew Adams, KSL NewsradioFrom clamping down on people that eat while they drive to making it easier to sell-out grandma to the cops, improving driving laws appears to be a prominent priority for lawmakers this session.
Eating, doing your hair, and shaving behind the wheel could all be crimes of their own if you break another law of the road. Senator Scott Jenkins says he hopes his bill helps crack down on careless driving.
Senator Jenkins: "That's the biggest infraction we have on the road today. Most of the accidents are happening because people are not paying attention."
He also wants to up the speed on freeways to 70 MPH along the Wasatch Front, and 80 MPH everywhere else. Meanwhile, another lawmaker is trying to make it easier to turn bad driving loved ones in by allowing family members to remain anonymous when they do it.
