Texting - True Justice

[CarlS]

[h=3]Man texts, "I need to quit texting," before driving off cliff[/h]HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff.
Chance Bothe's truck plunged off of a bridge and into a ravine. One of the last things he typed indicated what almost happened to him.
He wrote, "I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident."

http://www.wlbt.com/story/19176838/man-who-drove-off-cliff-while-texting-warns-others

 

[devo]

all I can say is
good job,
he did know better but pushed it anyway

 

[hendo01]

bloody phones

 

[keystiger]

They just won't learn....even when they learn.

 

[DaveM]

What a plonker

 

[hemibee]

I bet he's at the top of his class. . . NOT

 

[avion]

Keep thinning out that gene pool... there's a good lad.

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[Rocky]

That should happen to all the texting-cell-phone-talking idiots who aren't paying attention to their driving - as long as they don't kill someone.....and themselves I suppose, but I'm less concerned about them!!!

 

[CarlS]

That should happen to all the texting-cell-phone-talking idiots who aren't paying attention to their driving - as long as they don't kill someone.....and themselves I suppose, but I'm less concerned about them!!!

+1

 

[DaveM]

I wonder if the insurance will cover this crash

 

[CarlS]

Yes it most likely will; but his insurance rates are going to skyrocket.

 

[DaveM]

I thought if you were doing something illegal they may not pay up

 

[CarlS]

I don't know what the laws are in that state. Here traffic offenses are not criminal offenses; they are civil offenses. For example, if I use my vehicle to smuggle drugs and I wreck it trying to run a roadblock, my insurance will not cover the damage from criminal activity. But texting while driving, like speeding or running a red light, is a traffic or civil offense. I would be in favor of making texting while driving a criminal offense as is DUI.

 

[DaveM]

I never thought about it like that.

 

[CarlS]

I think in most states, if not all, traffic offenses are not criminal offenses with the possible exceptions of DUI and willful and wanton reckless driving.

 

[DaveM]

It can get complicated by the looks of it

 

[CarlS]

Lawyers are involved. That always makes things complicated.

 

[DaveM]

lol well I suppose so