Teen found guilty of negligent vehicular homicide

WHDH-TV ^ | 6/6/12 | WHDH-TV

[raccoonradio]

Yes though maybe it was named in honor of someone named Waters

[raccoonradio]

Yes I looked up on google maps where the intersection was (River St. and Cliffe Ave.) and it was just beyond Jaffarian where I’d bought my Toyota in ‘08, and if you keep going west yes you do get out to I-495. Road indeed fairly wide.

[krogers58]

I can't see why, with modern technology, that this problem could be solved fairly quickly. No matter how many of these cases make it to the papers, some kids, and adults, are going to continue to talk/text while they drive. Cell phone companies now have the technology to determine how fast you are traveling whether you are talking or not. They could simply disconnect phones from the network while they are traveling, nothing in, nothing out. Once somebody has stopped for 30 seconds, or longer, then they could rejoin the network.

Alternatively, they could put short distance cell jammers in cars, which would jam any signal to or from the phone. These jammers can be made to work at whatever distance necessary. Say, 10 feet in all directions. Obviously, it would probably be pretty easy to defeat the jammer in the car, but the centralized disconnection might be harder to spoof.

[Wingy]

I can't believe how lucky I am.

My wife is a traveling nurse, and her office is constantly sending out texts for next work assignment, what Dr. to call, patient information, and other things throughout the day.

I was riding with her and her text chime goes off and without missing a beat, she signals, glides over to the shoulder, stops, and then looks at her phone. After answering the text, and proceeding, I asked her why she did that. Her answer was "It's safer that way."

I'm so proud...

[Boogieman]

Being from Illinois myself, I don’t find that story implausible in the least.