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Wausau passes cellphone ban for drivers

February 12, 2014 By WRN Contributor

Wausau’s City Council passed the ordinance banning cellphone use while driving. Council President Lisa Rasmussen was not surprised the ordinance passed quickly with little discussion. “The number of people that come to us with stories of things that have happened, or nearly happened, because of the issue of a cellphone in the hand of a driver going down the road, those stories are mounting and I think that we’ve seen a larger population that supports the ordinance versus opposes it, so I’m not surprised that it passed tonight the way that it did.”

The new ordinance makes it illegal for drivers to physically hold or manage the device while the vehicle is moving, but allows the use of hands-free devices such as bluetooth earpieces, speakerphones, and in car communications systems.

The cellphone ban is patterned after similar ordinances in Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids, where officials claim the number of accidents due to inattentive drivers has dropped noticeably.

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