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say is their attempt to change the culture of texting and driving with a six-week public awareness campaign.
• Dialing a number and talking on the phone is legal, but things like texting, tweeting or Facebook messaging while driving are not.
• The department expects to begin issuing citations July 1 when the statewide ban goes into effect. The fine will be $100.
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AP News in Brief
Eastern Ukrainians rap Kiev in 2nd round of European-brokered talks to resolve crisis
• KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Lawmakers and officials from eastern Ukraine on Saturday poured criticism on the fledging central government, accusing it of ignoring legitimate grievances of the regions which have been overrun by pro-Russia militia fighting for independence.
• One eastern leader said last weekend's unofficial referendum in favor of independence "expressed the will of the people."
• The criticism came in the second round of European-brokered talks intended to resolve the country's worst crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Ukraine's caretaker government came to power in February following the ouster of Kremlin-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych after months of protests in Kiev. Moscow and many in Ukraine's east have accused the new government of intending to trample the rights of eastern Ukraine's Russian-speakers.
• On Saturday, politicians from the east implored the government to believe that -- apart from the pro-Russia gunmen -- a large sector of the population had lost hope in the interim administration in Kiev.
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Record Balkan floods claim at least 25 lives in Serbia, Bosnia; thousands forced to flee
• MAGLAJ, Bosnia (AP) -- Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century.
• Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, sometimes reaching up to the second floors, sending people climbing to rooftops for rescue.
• Hundreds were also evacuated in Croatia.
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