Here's one more reminder why the Maryland General Assembly enacted a law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, banning text-messaging while driving:

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was juggling two cell phones — texting on one and talking on another — when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.
    Niagara County sheriff's deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport.
    The truck then crashed through a fence and sideswiped a house before rolling front-end first into an in-ground pool.
    The 68-year-old woman driving the car suffered head injuries and was in good condition. Her 8-year-old niece suffered minor injuries.
    Sparks was charged with reckless driving, talking on a cell phone and following too closely. It couldn't be determined Thursday morning if he has a lawyer.

It is illegal in New York to drive while talking on a  hand-held cell phone. Earllier this week, A Virginia Tech study issued this week found that truck drivers who were texting while driving were 23 times more likely than other truckers to have a crash or near-miss. A group of U.S. senators proposed a bill this week that would require states to adopt texting bans.