January 10, 2020
That’s the penalty in Vermont proposed in a bill introduced in the state legislature in January, 2020. State Senator John Rodgers quoted statistics showing cellphones as one of the leading causes of teen deaths. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the use of cellphones are involved in 1.6 million car crashed each year, causing a half million injuries and 6,000 deaths. If passed, the penalty includes incarceration up to one year, and/or a $1,000 fine for anyone under 21 caught with a cellphone.
The bill also stated that “young people frequently use cellphones to bully and
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