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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Text a driver in New Jersey,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Thu Aug 29 14:29:13 2013
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:24:18 -0700
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Text a driver in New Jersey, and you could see your day in court
http://j.mp/17oKTlS (CNN)
"On Tuesday, three appeals court judges agreed with it -- in
principle. They ruled that if the sender of text messages knows
that the recipient is driving and texting at the same time, a
court may hold the sender responsible for distraction and hold him
or her liable for the accident."
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Even the theoretical concept of holding the person at the other end of
an electronic communication (hell, even another person just talking in
the same vehicle) responsible for a driver's stupidity is beyond
ludicrous.
--Lauren--
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