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Teen Imprisoned for TXTing While Driving

Four Year Prison Sentence for Driving While Texting

We've reported on the potential dangers of driving while texting and what some states want to do about it. Today we have a sad story out of Britain about a 19 year old girl, Rachel Begg, who will serve four years in jail for crashing into and killing a 64-year-old grandmother.

Rachel was found to have sent numerous text messages while driving before the crash, using her phone for messaging and calls nine times in the 15-minute period before the crash. Her mobile distraction apparently resulted in her not seeing Maureen Waites' car, which Begg rear-ended and sent spinning into a barrier. Waites died at the scene while Begg suffered only neck injuries.

While four years in prison is not easy, we think she made out easier than the girls involved in the last texting-related accident.

From textually.org

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