Texting and driving: Let’s get tough

By Don Ellis, Henderson

Sunday, March 26, 2017 | 2 a.m.

What a bunch of weak sisters the Carson City gang is proving to be.

Texting while driving is a problem for all ages. It is a criminal offense and should be treated as such.

Raising the fine from $50 to $100 for teen drivers who text and drive, as has been proposed in a legislative bill, is like kiss on the cheek.

Let’s get serious and talk 10 days of night school for the first offense, $250 fine for the second and taking away your phone for the third.

The people who text while driving know they are breaking the law and really must not give a damn.

Why not set up an easy system to send the offender’s tag number to some databank to help in future punishments?