Teenagers Probably Texting At Time of Crash
Posted on July 15, 2007
Filed Under GENERAL, IN THE NEWS
http://www.charlotte.com/nation/story/197234.html
Police suspect that cellphone use, or more specifically, text messaging, may be led to the 5 fatality crash on June 28 in Western New York. An SUV, with five teenage cheerleaders in it crossed the centerline, and impacted a tractor-trailer, bursting into flames, killing all five in the SUV. Investigators have discovered that the driver’s cellphone was full of text messages right about the time of the crash.
For those of unfamiliar with teenage text messaging, it is the continuous sending of inane messages, such as “what up”, “ok”, “you’re so fly”, etc. When my future stepkid gets his car in a few months, I’m making a rule: “no cellphone use while driving”. Yeah, I do it, as I’m sure most small businessmen do, but I rationalize it as ok, because I’ve had a lot more practice at it. Plus, I never text message, largely because I don’t know how to do it. It’s bad enough if you’re trying to dial a number while driving, envision trying to type out a message on a keyboard while driving. Much worse.
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