Texting while driving is already illegal here.Taylor Sauer, a teenager who was texting every 90 seconds during her four-hour commute from Utah State University to her parents’ home on January 14, made a fatal mistake while behind the wheel.
Her prolific last text was ‘Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha.’ Seconds later, she slammed into a tanker truck at 80mph.
Now, Ms Sauer’s grieving parents are hoping to use their daughter’s tragic story as a way to change driving laws, and make texting while driving in Idaho illegal.
Ms Sauer, 18, was texting on the long drive to her parents’ house to ‘stay awake,’ her father Clay told the Today show, adding, ‘but that’s not a reason to do it.’
She was driving late at night down a stretch of flat highway, and was messaging her friend on Facebook about the Denver Broncos football team.
Her last message was: ‘I can’t discuss this now. Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha.’
Moments later, Ms Sauer slammed into a truck that was crawling up a hill. She was killed instantly.
Mr Sauer told the Today show’s Ann Curry that most teens think they’re invincible.
‘To them, (texting) is not distracting, they’re so proficient at texting, that they just don’t feel it’s distracted driving.’
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And the proof is....
And the proof is....
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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It is in CALIFORNIA and while I feel bad about her parent's loss, they must be held accountable.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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It's illegal in Arkansas too...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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She did something stupid and got killed. I hope she didn't hurt the truck driver.
Next story.
Next story.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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While her texting while driving may have been prolific prior to crashing, her last text was not prolific - it was prophetic.
Journalist needs a desk dictionary - or even a bookmark to the online Merriam Webster's.
As to her death; does it mark me as terribly jaded to note that at least she won't breed and pass on her stupidity?
Because the only thing stupider than texting while driving, is texting while driving 15 miles over the speed limit at an incredibly high rate of speed, allowing for zero reaction time.
eta: Oh yeah, iced by driving tired. Triple dumb.
Journalist needs a desk dictionary - or even a bookmark to the online Merriam Webster's.
As to her death; does it mark me as terribly jaded to note that at least she won't breed and pass on her stupidity?
Because the only thing stupider than texting while driving, is texting while driving 15 miles over the speed limit at an incredibly high rate of speed, allowing for zero reaction time.
eta: Oh yeah, iced by driving tired. Triple dumb.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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It was the Daily Mail.bigskygal wrote:While her texting while driving may have been prolific prior to crashing, her last text was not prolific - it was prophetic.
Journalist needs a desk dictionary - or even a bookmark to the online Merriam Webster's.
Bah!
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Depending on which highway, speed isnt as higj as you think...the limit IS 80 in some parts of Utah.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Yes, the speed limit is 80mph on 34 miles of I15 in Utah.
It's not recommended in winter, nor at night when driving tired and while texting. For that matter, it's not too wise to be driving 75 under those conditions.
It's not recommended in winter, nor at night when driving tired and while texting. For that matter, it's not too wise to be driving 75 under those conditions.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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If every teenager who has ever done something equally stupid while driving were dead...
I certainly would be.
I certainly would be.
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IndubitablyThe Hen wrote:It was the Daily Mail.bigskygal wrote:While her texting while driving may have been prolific prior to crashing, her last text was not prolific - it was prophetic.
Journalist needs a desk dictionary - or even a bookmark to the online Merriam Webster's.
