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According to police spokesperson Lynn Hightower, the 37-year-old Nampa, Idaho native veered off the side of Interstate 84 and struck a parked car, which happened to be a police vehicle. Making matters even worse for the texting driver, the police cruiser had its emergency lights on, because the officers were in the process of making a DUI stop. Fortunately, they weren't in the car, so they weren't injured in the collision. The texting-impaired driver, who also tested positive for alcohol but was below the legal limit, was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
For those who don't consider texting to be a distraction from driving, a texter plowing into a police car with brilliantly flashing lights suggests otherwise. In recent years, texting-while-driving bans have been instituted by several states, including Tennessee, California, and New Jersey, but, luckily for the Nampa, ID man, no such laws exist on the books in Idaho -- yet. We're guessing this recent incident, though, will inspire some lawmakers to at least investigate the merits of such a ban. [From: AP/The Olympian]
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Subscribe to commentsHopeApr 13th 2009 6:28PM
I have one question for all these dimwit, nitwits, nincompoops who continue to yak, text, eat, etc., etc., while driving ????? What in the world is so damn important that you can't wait until you reach your destination or your office or your home to yak and text ??????????? People all over the world think they are so important that they have to do these dangerous things while driving. How many innocent people have to get killed before these nincompoops understand they are dangerous on the roads ?????????????
ObviousApr 13th 2009 6:55PM
I agree with Hope, yet not with his/her use of the question mark.
Also, the officer's name is HIGHTOWER. Awesome.
MPApr 13th 2009 8:34PM
I have to agree with you Hope. Just hangup, no one want's to talk to you(them) anyway!
aj121489Apr 13th 2009 8:58PM
lol dumbass
rickApr 13th 2009 9:12PM
There is NO EXCUSE for people to be texting while they're driving a car. It's a safety issue, and drivers caught texting while driving should lose their driver's license - just like people who drive while drunk lose their license.
OLD SCHOOLApr 13th 2009 11:14PM
YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN A DRIVER IS TEXTING- THEY KEEP LOOKING DOWN-THEY BRAKE FOR NO REASON-THEN SPEED UP- THEN SLOW DOWN- YOU GET THE POINT.
IF ONE OF THESE MORONS EVER HITS ME, I'M STEPPING ON THEIR HEAD.
MarioApr 14th 2009 4:46AM
Yo Riddle! Do away with the CRUISER cliche! No such thing! It is either a patrol car, vehicle or unit! That is the correct terminology! Police cars do not cruise!
zbootApr 18th 2009 1:23AM
texting while driving is just one of the many things that most people do which otherwise takes their attention away from concentrating on the process of driving. Whether it is texting, looking at the scenery, changing radio stations, managing squealing children, it all has the same effect.
Now, if you were arguing banning ALL distractions, children, radios, cell phones, and anything else that could distract a person, I could see some merit in your argument. However, you are just singling out texting. Not only do you just pick one thing (and apparently other distractions are fine with you), your choice example for why texting while driving is bad involves an individual who was intoxicated at the time.
I realize you are not likely a statistician or really concerned with the logic of your argument, so perhaps my comment won't matter. But this story and most of the comments here are just BS. People complaining about one activity they don't like while they likely commit others that would annoy persons elsewhere.
OwenApr 29th 2009 1:04AM
Texting has to be one of the dumbest things I've seen in a long time. You can text someone and it's not important enough to actually call them. Women use it as a control feature. "Hey. Yes. What's up? Nothing, what's up with you? Nuttin, you? NM. They're bad enough breathing and putting on makeup. Crashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh