COLUMBUS, Ohio—It’s up to Ohio drivers accused of violating the state’s new texting-while-driving law to prove at least one of the many exceptions to the law applies to their case, a state appeals court has ruled.
Ohio’s stricter anti-texting rules, which took effect last year, allow police to pull over drivers they see using their phones behind the wheel. But there’s a lengthy list of exemptions to the ban, including that motorists can still use their phones when engaged in a phone call, while parked or stopped at a traffic light, and for functions that have “single swipe” controls, like changing a song.
