Will Utah legislators answer new call to ban phone use while driving?

(Rich Pedroncelli | AP file photo) - In this June 22, 2016, file photo, a driver uses her mobile phone while sitting in traffic in Sacramento, Calif.Moss adds, “I see near misses all the time because of people talking on their phones and driving. Everybody has a story: It’s the car sitting at a light that changes and doesn’t move until you honk, or it’s the person weaving back and forth.”

Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay. She and others figure the bill will face a battle from those who don’t want to give up phones while driving. Also, national safety groups oppose such bills saying they may worsen road safety by leading people to mistakenly…