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To: SamAdams76
"It will be almost impossible to determine that a driver is distracted by texting, reading emails, streaming a sporting event live, watching a Netflix video, etc."

Prosecutors have been subpoenaing cell phone records for years now during investigations of vehicle fatalities.

Bail revoked for woman charged in Brimfield crash that killed young brothers

In May, defense lawyer Joan Williams asked to move the trial to October, citing the more than 5,000 pages of cellphone records provided by prosecutors, who allege Hardy was texting at the time of the crash. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/bail_revoked_for_holland_woman.html

Woman Sentenced to Prison in Fatal Distracted Driving Crash http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Woman-Sentenced-to-Prison-in-Fatal-Distracted-Driving-Crash--324442181.html

Driver Using Cellphone Convicted of Vehicular Manslaughter By Mike Doyle Aug. 13, 2015

http://www.kdrv.com/news/Driver_Using_Cellphone_Convicted_of_Vehicular_Manslaughter.html

Massachusetts teen convicted of homicide in texting-while-driving case

By the CNN Wire Staff

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/06/justice/massachusetts-texting-trial/

41 posted on 08/24/2016 9:28:57 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Yes, but what about watching a movie or reading email that has already been downloaded? I believe the scofflaws will always be one step ahead of the law as technology changes so fast.


44 posted on 08/24/2016 10:10:28 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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