Lawmaker files bill banning cellphone use while driving

Texting while driving might soon cost you your driver's license.

That is, if the bill criminalizing the use of cellphones while driving is passed into law.

In a press statement, Camarines Sur First District Rep. Rolando Andaya, Jr. said he filed House Bill 3211 because using cellphones while driving is a distraction that can impair a driver's performance and cause accidents.

The proposed Anti-Mobile Communications Devices Use While Driving Act covers drivers of any type of vehicle - kuligligs, tricycles and bulldozers included.

The bill however would still allow drivers to use their phones on speakerphone or with the aid of other hands-free gadgets such as earphones with microphones.

Violators of the proposed bill will face a fine of up to P10,000 and the revocation of their driver's license.