Verizon Wireless Supports Commerce Chairman Rockefeller's Efforts to Ban
Texting While Driving
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless Vice President
and General Counsel Steven E. Zipperstein said the company supports
legislation introduced today by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John
("Jay") D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to effectively ban texting and e-mailing
while driving.
Zipperstein made the following statement:
"Verizon Wireless endorses federal legislation to ban texting and e-mailing
while driving, and we support Chairman Rockefeller, as well as Sens. Frank
Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tx.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for championing this important issue. As the
largest wireless service provider, we launched a national ad campaign just
this week to bring that message home. Drivers should keep their hands on the
steering wheel and off their keypads."
To see the new Verizon Wireless "Don't Text and Drive" ads, visit
http://aboutus.vzw.com/wirelessissues/driving.html or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYJkCqlI2o.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless
voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in
Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a
joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE:
VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and
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Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
SOURCE Verizon Wireless
Jeffrey Nelson, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7519,
Jeffrey.Nelson@verizonwireless.com
