When you drive through a school zone, you may soon have to turn off your cell phone.
A proposed cell phone ban goes before San Antonio's City Council Wednesday. Council Member Justin Rodriguez proposed the ban, which would require drivers to hang up their phones when they see a school zone sign.
The goal is to prevent accidents and make the roads safer before and after school.
Rodriguez says the ban is necessary for the safety of children.
"As other communities are starting to do this, I think it makes a lot of sense to go forward," says Rodriguez.
A local crossing guard agrees.
"Sometimes they come a little too fast because they're on their cell phones," says crossing guard Frank DeLeon. "I holler at them that we're in a school zone."
Dallas County is one of the most recent communities to approve a similar cell phone ban. It is expected to go before City Council before the end of the month.
