Montana is now the only state in the U.S. that does not have a statewide ban on texting behind the wheel for at least some drivers.

The Montana Highway Patrol says cellphone use by drivers has contributed to more than 1,600 crashes in the past 9 years.

"It's so common," said Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Art Collins. "You know, you go down the road and probably three-quarters of the people going down the road anymore have a phone stuck in their ear.

It's also common for states to have some kind of ban on texting behind the wheel - unless you're in Montana.

Several cities in the Treasure State have ordinances, but there's no statewide law that stops drivers from being on their cell phones.

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Glacier National Park's snowplow crew is tackling the "Big Drift" at Logan Pass on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
    
The park's west-side crew reached the drift Wednesday while a crew approaching Logan Pass from the east was working near the East Tunnel on Thursday.
    
Park spokeswoman Jennifer Lutman says they don't have an estimate of how deep the "Big Drift" is this year, but plow crews believe it's deeper than recent years.
    
Work to open the road includes putting up removable railings along the highway, clearing the Logan Pass parking lot and cleaning up debris along the road.
    
Lutman says the Sun Road will likely be open to Logan Pass sometime after June 20.

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