CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO)- If you text while driving in Ohio, you run the risk of receiving a ticket very soon. Or will you?

19 Action News has learned that adults can't be pulled over for it!

What the law requires, is that if you're behind the wheel you've got to put the phone down.  Like the seat belt law, they can't pull you over for it alone, but make a move where you appear distracted and you will be stopped.

Experts say texting is the most dangerous distraction drivers do behind the wheel. 

Ohio is the 39th state to ban texting and if busted, you'll be out $150.

Meantime, AAA is applauding the Ohio House for action to ban texting behind
the wheel.

A bill to ban texting while driving
statewide was agreed to by the Ohio House of Representatives this morning,
82-12.  House Bill 99 makes texting
behind the wheel illegal for motorists of all ages on a secondary enforcement
basis. The offense can be cited only if another moving violation has occurred.
The change from a primary enforcement provision for adults was one of two
changes made in the Ohio Senate, which approved the bill, 25-8, on May 3.

The bill also makes it illegal for drivers under age 18
to use an electronic wireless communications device in any manner. For novice
drivers this means they can be ticketed for texting while driving and for
talking on a cell phone. No ticket may be issued for a violation of either
prohibition for the first six months after the effective date of the bill.

"There is remarkable public support for the new law and
AAA is encouraging motorists to comply with it to save lives," said Brian
Newbacher, director of public affairs for AAA East Central. "We are hopeful
that Gov. Kasich will recognize the importance of making Ohio the 39th state to
ban texting behind the wheel."

In a recent survey of AAA members, 95 percent supported a
law against texting while driving.