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Mom: Wait to text before it's too late

Relatives on Sunday gathered to remember 20-year-old Ashley Snyder, a mother-to-be who died in October 2009 in a horrific car accident while she was reading a text message while driving.

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    Toledo’s City Council approved a ban on text messaging while driving in city limits. Texting behind the wheel is now a primary offense. The law took effect on Jan. 1, 2010.
     

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    Mom: Wait to text before it's too late

    Relatives on Sunday gathered to remember 20-year-old Ashley Snyder, a mother-to-be who died in October 2009 in a horrific car accident while she was reading a

    Many take W82TXT pledge

    Several people came out to Jim White Honda in Maumee to take the pledge to wait to text.

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    Panel OKs ban on texting and driving

    A bill that would ban texting for drivers in Ohio has cleared a state legislative panel.

    Proposed bill on texting and driving

    A local state rep wants texting while driving to be banned.

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