Knowingly texting a driver could land you in court
Found on CNet News on Thursday, 29 August 2013
Lawyers in New Jersey are trying to explore whether calling or texting someone who you know is driving makes you legally liable in the event of an accident.
Attorney Marc Saperstein, an expert in distracted driving cases, told WPIX: "One of the great arguments that my colleague made was to analogize that when you text, as the texter, you are electronically in that car.
Or the driver could just, you know, not use the cellphone while driving. What about common sense these days?