Texting Teen Gets Prison Time

[Mtn.man]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/06/06/texting-teen-gets-prison-time.html

He will be 33 before he can drive again, uh maybe, IMO.

[cysoto]

That's one heck of a plea deal he got. Two years in prison seems like a very light sentence.

[trlcavscout]

Pretty light sentence for killing someone. Now 3 kids dont have a father because of him. Should be longer.

[Mtn.man]

Agree.

[alxone]

good , i wish more people would get jail time for texting and driving

[alxone]

Pretty light sentence for killing someone. Now 3 kids dont have a father because of him. Should be longer.
yup

[DEAGLER]

Nothing surprising here

[Inconel710]

At least he's getting punished. Too many have been let off the hook already.

[Ronin13]

Wow... well maybe cell phones will be obsolete by the time that asshat is driving again... [Pepsi]

[KevDen2005]

Wow... well maybe cell phones will be obsolete by the time that asshat is driving again... [Pepsi]


When the governmen starts placing trackers in all of us, it will double as a cell phone and you can text with your mind

[Ronin13]

When the the Verizon/Sprint/AT&T conglomerate starts placing trackers in all of us, it will double as a cell phone and you can text with your mind

Fixed for you... [Beer]

[aahorn]

http://www.ar-15.co/forums/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.ar-15.co/forums/showthread.php?p=490992#post490992)
When the the Verizon/Sprint/AT&T conglomerate starts placing trackers in all of us, it will double as a cell phone and you can text with your mind


uhh dont they and apple/android already do that with your smartphones? sure they are not IN you but most smartphone folks are attached to their phones

[KevDen2005]

I didn't know there was an option to do that with your mind. I want it! [Coffee]

[Ronin13]

uhh dont they and apple/android already do that with your smartphones? sure they are not IN you but most smartphone folks are attached to their phones

Very true... I never go anywhere without my phone. [Peep]

[Irving]

Will everyone who is at fault in a fatal auto accident start getting jail time now?

[aahorn]

Will everyone who is at fault in a fatal auto accident start getting jail time now?

i dont think its because he had a fatal accident it is because he was driving in a negligent manner that could have been prevented. he is being punished for his negligence

[TS12000]

When the governmen starts placing trackers in all of us, it will double as a cell phone and you can text with your mind

F that, the stuff that makes it past the people I know's brain to mouth/fingers filter is already too much for me.

[Chad4000]

I wonder how they prove that kinda thing...

Im guessing that phone records show when the text was sent, and maybe if that is within 30 seconds of when the accident happened they could prove that was the cause?

if it's something like that, how do they figure the time that it takes to write a text?

[aahorn]

I wonder how they prove that kinda thing...

Im guessing that phone records show when the text was sent, and maybe if that is within 30 seconds of when the accident happened they could prove that was the cause?

if it's something like that, how do they figure the time that it takes to write a text?

did he admit to it? or maybe they found his phone on the passanger seat/floor/somewhere in the car after the accident with a half writen message open?

[Byte Stryke]

When the governmen starts placing trackers in all of us, it will double as a cell phone and you can text with your mind

sitting at work, surfing pr0n on the phone in my head...

not seeing a negative here

[ROFL1]

[Sharpienads]

Do we really need laws that say "Don't text and drive"? Does it really matter what caused him to be distracted?

[Irving]

i dont think its because he had a fatal accident it is because he was driving in a negligent manner that could have been prevented. he is being punished for his negligence

You can make that argument for EVERY auto accident.

[palepainter]

This conviction really isn't a first. A friend of mine from AZ was killed by a teenager texting. He was riding his harley and she pulled out in front of him when he was doing about 45 miles an hour. She was 17 years old and was sentenced to 12 years for vehicular homicide. Now maybe this case in MA is unique to cars, I do not know. But it has been upheld elsewhere already.

[Ronin13]

The way I see it, we've just set precedence- distracted driving kills. I have a friend who, while driving on Parker Rd, picked up his iPod and simply changed the song, spotted by a cop, and ticketed... $78! I'm not sure what agency it was, but he thought it was ridiculous, I can't really say, because I've done it too. But we can't discriminate, I've seen people driving in front of me dip down and reach for stuff, eating while driving, and even women putting on makeup while driving. If they cause an accident do they get jail time too now?