GreenTeaChloe
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22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student drifted into oncoming traffic, jerked the steering wheel and went off the road, rolling his car.
Last text Alexander was about to send, before he died
Alexander Heit was a 22 year old university student who died in a car accident on the 3rd of April 2013 while he was texting. Witnesses told police that Heit appeared to have his head down when he began drifting into the oncoming lane in the outskirts of Greeley, where the University of Northern Colorado is located.
According to police, an oncoming driver slowed and moved over just before Heit looked up and jerked the steering wheel.
In a statement released through police, Heit's mother said she doesn't want anyone else to lose someone to texting while driving.
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Having read that story, how do you feel about those who text and drive? are you one of those people? Do you not care about the safety of others and/or yourself?
(I don't touch my phone at all when I'm driving - I have a Bluetooth system in my car and if i get a message I don't check it until I get home. If the text is important then the person will call me).
In Australia the laws regarding driving and mobile phone usage is now illegal;
Even though that law has been effective since April last year, I still see people using their phones... and their driving starts to become unsafe, which pisses me off to the point that I sound my horn at them.
How do you view your states/country's policy/law on driving and texting?
Have they reinforced laws to stop people from doing it, or it's still not making much of a difference at all and they need to be more strict?
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Last text Alexander was about to send, before he died
Alexander Heit was a 22 year old university student who died in a car accident on the 3rd of April 2013 while he was texting. Witnesses told police that Heit appeared to have his head down when he began drifting into the oncoming lane in the outskirts of Greeley, where the University of Northern Colorado is located.
According to police, an oncoming driver slowed and moved over just before Heit looked up and jerked the steering wheel.
In a statement released through police, Heit's mother said she doesn't want anyone else to lose someone to texting while driving.
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Having read that story, how do you feel about those who text and drive? are you one of those people? Do you not care about the safety of others and/or yourself?
(I don't touch my phone at all when I'm driving - I have a Bluetooth system in my car and if i get a message I don't check it until I get home. If the text is important then the person will call me).
In Australia the laws regarding driving and mobile phone usage is now illegal;
Even though that law has been effective since April last year, I still see people using their phones... and their driving starts to become unsafe, which pisses me off to the point that I sound my horn at them.
How do you view your states/country's policy/law on driving and texting?
Have they reinforced laws to stop people from doing it, or it's still not making much of a difference at all and they need to be more strict?
