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Teen sent text message seconds before fatal crash

Dan Deuterman

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Posted by Dan DeutermanJuly 16, 2007 8:25 AM

Tags: Car Accidents

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Some states, including North Carolina, have laws that restrict cell phone use by teens while driving.

A recent tragedy in New York illustrates why such laws are necessary. All drivers need to keep their attention on the road, but statists show that inexperienced drivers are more likely to die in car accidents. Distractions like cell phones, text messages, the radio or chatty friends can prove deadly, as they did recently in Canandaigua, New York.

Five teens, including the 17-year-old driver, were killed June 28 in a head-on crash with a truck. Just moments before the teens' SUV slammed into the truck, the driver was carrying on a text message conversation with a friend, according to police and news reports.

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Posted by Brian Padden
July 17, 2007 7:29 AM

Dan,

Sending a text message is just part of the problem. The first step is for parents with a teen driver is to identify areas of concern and create a parent-teenage driver contract. The contract establishes the rules since driving is a privilege and not a right. We have an example at More ...

Contracts address speeding, drinking, drugs, seat belts, hours when driving permitted, grades, penalties, distractions like number of teens in the car, cell phone use, text messaging while driving, flipping through the radio, iPODs, CDs, loud music, etc.

BPadden

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