After years of advocacy and countless preventable tragedies, South Carolina has joined the ranks of civilized states with a comprehensive hands-free driving law. The S.C. Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act takes effect Sept. 1, a monumental step forward for driver safety.

Too many drivers today treat their vehicles like mobile entertainment centers and offices – texting, scrolling social media, serving up movies and videos, or holding animated phone conversations – confident that their multitasking abilities will keep them from hitting something. But the statistics are sobering and inarguable, and the trucking industry knows better.

It seems everybody struggles with the compulsion, even professional drivers. But many of them have witnessed firsthand the devastating consequences of dis

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