We reported to you late last month that the Senate was gearing up to introduce a national ban on texting while driving. Well it seems that Utah has beat them to the punch introducing their own law that would have offenders facing up to 15 years in prison.

In fact, Utah will now view texting while driving as a severe offense comparable to drunk driving.

Read (NYTimes)

If you’re serving time for any reason, we’re not about to judge here, we advise you not to bring a cell phone in prison no matter how Prison-Break-like fun it looks like. Derrick Ross, a 38-year old three-time burglary felon has been caught with a mobile phone and sentenced for an additional 60 years. That means he’s going to be 98 when he’s going to be able to get a new cell phone of his own.

60 years seems a little extreme but prosecutor Allyson Mitchell said that the sentence should send a message to anyone else thinking about getting a cell phone in prison. Usual sentence is an extra 2 to 10 years but 60 years will do too. Oh and in case you’re reading these lines from somewhere behind bars then you should stop doing it. Now!