Crackdown sought on cellphone texters

Havre City Council members expressed support for a former council member who said the ordinance banning cellphone use while driving needs to be enforced or strengthened.

Bob Kaul told council members Monday night that he sees the ordinance being violated all the time.

Violators drive through stop signs, don’t look as they go through intersections and fail to see pedestrians, he said.

He said he saw one person driving down 5th Avenue the other morning with his laptop computer on the steering wheel.

Kaul said he supported the ordinance banning such driving, but said “if we aren’t going to enforc...