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He is in a heap of trouble.

I know of more people who have been killed by texting drivers than by drinking drivers. GD

Fines for holding your phone in your hand as a CDL driver run as high as $2,750 for the driver AND $11,000 for the company........ and yet it still happens.

Nuts.

I drove the Big Rig for 8 years, including many trips to this area, I was on I 20 near Midland and Odessa.
Eight years ago it was made illegal for CDL drivers to text while driving, illegal to even hold a cell phone in the hand while driving. That is why I bought a $165 head set.
If you were caught, automatic $2500 fine and 6 points towards your license. One ticket like that and your driving career was in jepaordy.
In spite of that, and I was still driving two years ago, every day on the road I saw at least one driver sending text messages while driving the Big Rig.

This driver is really up the creek. His driving career is over. He will no doubt face felony charges, vehicular homicide etc. Texas doesn't play he will probably get several years jail time.

And then there is civil court. There is going to be a lawsuit and, I know from cases involved in the company I used to work for, they will collect at least $4 million. Maybe more.
Minimum mandatory insurance is $750,000. If this company only has the minimum, and the award is $4 million, they will then go after the assets of the driver.
I hope is doesn't have a valuable house that is all paid off because that will be lost in the civil suit. Also if he has a nice expensive paid off pickup, he can say bye bye to that.

So look at this driver, probably he is from out of town. He will be travelling back there to Kermit Texas for the next year, fighting the criminal charges, and he will shell out at least $50K in legal expenses. And he will still go to the Texas Pen for years.
The civil suit will happen while he is in jail, and his house and truck will go bye-bye. His wife will probably leave him or, if not, she will at least have a new boyfriend or two. He will be just about unemployable.
His life will be destroyed.

I have zero sympathy for this driver. He deserves everything he gets. What a tragedy. What a cute little girl. This story makes me sick.

Reverse those fines and see what happens.

You have to be a real professional and possess excellent intelligence to pull off texting and driving.PM me for details.

I see it all the time.... Once in a while they get caught, but not often - and certainly not often enough..

What a tragedy. One of our cars has Apple CarPlay, it and the equivalent Adroid system should be standard on automobiles as folks texting will continue.

I never understood the popularity of texting. If I want to talk to someone I know I just call them.

Texting. Talking. Listening to radio. fidgeting with AC or radio. Day dreaming. Being tired.

I've seen em all cause wrecks. I simply cannot say that one is worse than the other from what I"ve seen with fire and EMS

That said if you text constantly or read the faux book constantly that would be different. I"m not sure why people would be that stupid.

OTOH talking was what got me pulled over for speeding the other day. Had no clue how fast we were going or what the speed limit was. Wife and I were just in a deep conversation on the way to watch a rifle match.

and if this is one of those lock you out kind of things, no way in hell. Thats a horrible slope. If I'm wrong, then punish me correctly but certainly locking folks out will lead to all kinds of bad liberal uses. You know that.

Some people just don't get it. He will be made an example of, it will be big news but some just won't learn from it. He may end up with a boyfriend or two himself.

My Niece was killed by some bitch texting.

EXACTLY!!!!!

Same here.

How was the bitch punished?

Yep. Too much complacency. If it was my daughter, that guy would need a police escort to keep me from cramming that phone down his throat and out his ass sideways.

I've had to dodge being run over as a pedestrian so many times that I gave up keeping track, and nearly to a driver, they had their head in their phone. Should be self-defense to shoot a driver after I have to dive out of the way to keep from being hit by a driver staring at their lap or jabbering away.

Everyone is focused on how fuct the driver is.

Spend a moment thinking about the family of the little girl.

I text and drive all the time.