FoMoCo is endorsing a new bill in Congress that will ban hand-held text messaging when operating a vehicle. A Senate version, brought forward by by Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., would withhold highway funding to states that don’t adopt the ban.
Ford’s vice president for government relations Peter Lawson said that Ford was endorsing the bill that he called a “common-sense measure.” He said that the bill would not prohibit people from using Ford’s Sync system that offers drivers the ability to send hands-free text messages.
“We think it’s an appropriate response to deal...
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