Woman accused of Facebook chatting in 2013 crash with truck that killed 3 kids

Sounds like there is lots of blame for a crash, and it all seems to fall on the one driver. She's living in her own private hell today, and it's only going to get worse it seems.

 

If they don't start makin heavier fines and/or pursuing texting drivers more aggressively, we are going to have an epidemic of this stuff happening. We already do. I think the charge for texting and driving should be on par with DUI. It's that unsafe.

 

Just prior to the crash or at the time of the crash, would like more explanation on that.

 

I have been hit and almost t-boned by 4wheeler and they were on phone, the other ran light she was texting. I can't understand why the people in Washington would shoot down a bill that allows police to pull them over if they are not hands free. But they make sure we are hands free.

 

As much as I wish that common sense cold be legislated, It can not. We do not need more laws, just need the ones we have enforced.

 

It just bamboozles the heck out me, that cell phones are even allowed in vehicles. It should be,and maybe it will come to this, that cell phones will not work inside a vehicle. Life is full of paradoxes, and this is one I just can't grasp. Cars have gotten so much safer and then something like the cell phone is introduced. These people take their driving so lightly, the conversation becomes more important than the driving, and this is the result. What's the answer? Lock her away and throw the key away? Will that bring back these kids? This woman didn't purposely start out that day thinking, I'm going to kill my kids today. Again, until cell phones will be disabled in vehicles, this will continue.

 

Have you seen all the technology in police cruisers? Law-makers will have a difficult time disabling technology for the general public, while allowing law enforcement to be surrounded by it, and using it as a matter of routine, while driving. But, to be fair, the technology has evolved a lot to the point a cop rarely has to engage the keyboard while moving (for routine checks). Systems take photos of license plates and beep or remain silent dependent on vehicle status, and check the current RO's status as well, all without a cop's attention. But let's be honest, how often do we see a cop on the keyboard or phone while driving? Business related? Personal related? Some of both? What difference does it makes, it's still a distraction and they must set an example if we are to.

Somewhere there is an image of a "fully loaded" cruiser. Maybe someone can post it to clarify my point.

 

This is a modern 2015 Tahoe. I believe the difference is LEO's are trained to use all this stuff. No wonder these things cost over $100,000 a piece. BTW, my nephew looked at a 2013 Fusion ex-cop car to buy, and without all the equipment, it really was a bare bones car. http://www.tflcar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2015_tahoe_police_interior.jpg