Update urged for Washington texting-driving law

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A state traffic safety board is asking Washington lawmakers to upgrade the texting-while-driving law from the flip-phone age to the smartphone era.

As passed in 2007, the law bans only texting or holding a phone to the ear while driving. Surfing the Internet, checking email or sending instant messages on a phone are not specifically outlawed, the Olympian reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/ZgbKSm ).

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