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47. Here in Germany (and Switzerland) it is serious offense to use a cell phone while driving.

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 11:47 PM

Mar 2017

If it's a first offense and you harm no one, probably the best you can hope for is a three figure fine, and surrendering your license for one or two months. The cops here do look out for this, and will chase you as far as necessary to catch you if they see you on a cell phone while behind the wheel. I think it's the same over in Holland, and it's probably the case in other countries, too.

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Driver who killed 13 Senior citizens was texting. [View all] MicaelS Mar 2017 OP

Maybe or maybe not malaise Mar 2017 #1

If he's 20 years old and driving a senior citizen bus, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #55

He was in another vehicle. He hit the senior citizen bus. Shrike47 Apr 2017 #58

I just double checked and realized I had it wrong. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #61

I don't even know what to say Cal Carpenter Mar 2017 #2

That is horrible, but unfortunately it's getting worse. R B Garr Mar 2017 #3

Bring on the fucking driverless cars already! TransitJohn Mar 2017 #11

It does make you wonder if that could really R B Garr Mar 2017 #16

I agree workinclasszero Mar 2017 #43

I haven't really thought of it till now, but self driving cars just may be the answer. Yes, there napi21 Apr 2017 #56

See it every day on my commute Drahthaardogs Mar 2017 #20

I heard that story on NPR this afternoon. BeekeeperInVermont Mar 2017 #34

Yes! Great points. I was listening in the car and R B Garr Mar 2017 #46

I see this a lot. I always make sure I put my phone down & raise my head as I approach a crosswalk. catbyte Apr 2017 #77

Saw that on NBC Evening News. MicaelS Apr 2017 #50

people, please, don't text while driving and DON'T TEXT WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE DRIVING Skittles Mar 2017 #4

Yes, so much this. People have been prosecuted for texting a driver IronLionZion Mar 2017 #26

Link? metalbot Apr 2017 #74

She was sued and taken to court but cleared IronLionZion Apr 2017 #75

The GOP will give him a medal for killing old people. LOL Lib Mar 2017 #5

No words. Tears. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #6

I hope they all went as quickly as possible. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #7

CBS News tonight spoke to a driver who followed this shitbird for 20 miles, asking the cops to . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2017 #8

OMG. That makes this horrible tragedy even worse. Lucinda Mar 2017 #17

Just tell them you think you saw the kid holding a bag of weed Warren DeMontague Mar 2017 #18

Da winnah! nt raccoon Apr 2017 #67

Nice DashOneBravo Apr 2017 #78

Local news coverage hamsterjill Apr 2017 #53

Thanks, I just watched it again. That was more than was shown on CBS Evening News Stinky The Clown Apr 2017 #72

It's so tragic. hamsterjill Apr 2017 #76

I kinda agree. It went on like that for 30 min or more, Luz Apr 2017 #80

My state has a no txt /or hand phone while driving law. Appears not so in TX? lunasun Mar 2017 #9

Not yet, but I bet we will soon. MicaelS Mar 2017 #10

A bill passed the House 2 weeks ago. We'll see what the Senate does LeftInTX Mar 2017 #24

Rick Perry vetoed a statewide ban as government overreach & micromanaging. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #64

So far only municipal laws (in Tx) banning texting while driving MedusaX Mar 2017 #13

Texas did at one time pass a statewide ban--but Rick Perry vetoed it as government micromanaging tblue37 Mar 2017 #15

Need to go on social media and remind everyone about Perry exboyfil Apr 2017 #52

So does mine, but the law stops nothing. kwassa Mar 2017 #23

Vermont is really strict, too. BeekeeperInVermont Mar 2017 #35

you don't need a specific texting while driving law to prosecute this case. unblock Mar 2017 #39

True, but it has cut down here on the idiots staring at their phones instead of the road, I will lunasun Mar 2017 #44

i agree such laws are a good idea. the lives saved more than makes up for the minor inconvenience unblock Mar 2017 #45

That's true in this case I agree. Just that $500 stops a lot of folks from doing it and may be lunasun Mar 2017 #48

in a strange way i almost find drunk driving more understandable. unblock Apr 2017 #49

Vehicular Manslaughter gets you 2-20 in Texas TexasBushwhacker Apr 2017 #51

Texting bans are about prevention LeftInTX Apr 2017 #68

Words can't express the fury I feel over this massacre spiderpig Mar 2017 #12

Clip from the video the witnesses took of his erratic driving. The full 15-minute tblue37 Mar 2017 #14

it's actually worse when there are fewer cars out JI7 Apr 2017 #59

The LOLs were more important dalton99a Mar 2017 #19

If you're driving, don't fucking text! Initech Mar 2017 #21

Awful... HopeAgain Mar 2017 #22

I agree with you retrowire Mar 2017 #25

And so are the families of the 13 people he killed Glitterati Mar 2017 #28

I agree. It is sad that his stupidity not only took 13 lives, but also the rest of his own. Lisa0825 Mar 2017 #31

Tell the families of the dead 13 victims it was a mistake. spiderpig Mar 2017 #33

zero jail time???? unblock Mar 2017 #38

Agreed about the sympathy nonsense. This was not a mistake MarcA Apr 2017 #57

every fucking person who does it deserves to be demonized. and you are making excuses just because JI7 Apr 2017 #60

What the holy fuck????? nini Apr 2017 #63

Horrible democrank Mar 2017 #27

Couple Things Posting Anonymously Mar 2017 #29

Sooo...it's the victims' fault they were killed? cwydro Apr 2017 #66

Religious People Posting Anonymously Apr 2017 #81

Enjoy your stay here. cwydro Apr 2017 #82

Your post did not fly over anyone's head. former9thward Apr 2017 #83

your post is so fucked up. you don't know what they believed JI7 Apr 2017 #84

Age 20. Says a lot to me elfin Mar 2017 #30

A texting college student rear ended me as I pulled into my driveway on a residential street. My tblue37 Apr 2017 #65

My phone is in my back seat LeftInTX Apr 2017 #69

I feel pity for him. Lisa0825 Mar 2017 #32

I agree he did expect this could never happen to him. But he did screw up. juxtaposed Mar 2017 #37

I spend a lot of my work week on the road going from job to job, on any given day juxtaposed Mar 2017 #36

At least they ARE stopped. Mariana Mar 2017 #42

At 20, I knew better than do distract myself while driving. Dawson Leery Mar 2017 #40

Worse than DWI. n/t Liberal In Texas Mar 2017 #41

Here in Germany (and Switzerland) it is serious offense to use a cell phone while driving. DFW Mar 2017 #47

But in 'murica we got freedumbs. MarcA Apr 2017 #54

And 'murica is always right DFW Apr 2017 #71

Driving a 2000-pound missile moondust Apr 2017 #62

Those dually trucks are road hogs. LeftInTX Apr 2017 #70

Just in the past 2 weeks I have encountered 2 SENIOR women texting while driving. Fla Dem Apr 2017 #73

I do a LOT of driving in my job Nac Mac Feegle Apr 2017 #79