Texting ban, teen restrictions clears Ohio Senate

COLUMBUS — Ohio dri­vers would be banned from tex­ting, and teens couldn’t use their cell­phones, iPads or other elec­tron­ics behind the wheel under a bill that the Ohio Sen­ate passed on Thurs­day. Some state sen­a­tors argued the leg­is­la­tion chips away at per­sonal free­dom, while oth­ers said it doesn’t go far enough to tar­get dis­tracted driving.