crashes caused by distracted driving urged
lawmakers to support the ban. They were joined
by representatives of the trucking industry,
automakers and emergency room doctors.
Andy Cook, who is mayor in the Indianapolis
suburb of Westfield, showed committee
members photos of his 14-year-old grandson,
Zachary Hyde, who was killed when a driver
going nearly 80 mph while holding a cellphone
slammed into his parents’ vehicle that was
stopped in highway traffic.
“It’s something we need to do,” Cook said. “I do
not want to see any more Hoosier families go
through what our family has gone through.”