Denton police say drivers continue to violate the city's texting and driving ban.
Denton police spokesman Ryan Grelle said Monday that a total of 31 citations have been issued for electronic device use while driving in the 10 months since the ban took effect.
Officers wrote the most tickets in July, with seven, while October and November had four citations each.
Denton city spokeswoman Lindsey Baker said staff are still evaluating the effects the ordinance has had on the streets, including its contribution to overall safety. While it's still too early to make many conclusions, she said leaders will likely visit the topic a bit more closely once it's been in effect for a full year.
Denton's ordinance first went into effect in February, and one of the concerns presented by some motorists at the time was how officers would be able to spot texting drivers.
Arlington police have been doing so for about four years now, as Arlington was the first city in the area to take on a texting while driving ban.
As of Monday the Arlington public information office reports about 225 tickets written with 37 warnings.
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They add, though, that the much larger area of tickets for texting come in school zones, where they've written 1958 citations with 105 warnings.
Currently other communities, including Little Elm, are examining possible texting or electronic messaging bans while driving.
The state of Texas still has no state-wide law on the practice.
Denton's law bans texting, emailing and hand-held GPS use, and as officers put it when the ordinance first passed, basically anything that requires you to look down at a device other than placing a call.
The ordinance is not enforced on Interstate 35 through Denton.
