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Lawmakers welcome AT&T to Statehouse to discuss texting and driving dangers

by Rob Starkey

Posted: 02.06.2013 at 7:13 AM

"Driving with her knee and texting with both hands and I realized at that point we needed to take our technology and laws and bring them up to speed with each other," said Bowen.　 / Rob Starkey

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AT&T is spending some time at the South Carolina Statehouse to talk about the dangers of texting while driving.

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