Texting a driver may lead to liability
A person who distracts a driver by sending him a text message conceivably could be held liable for injuries or deaths that result, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled. The judges, however, rejected...
View ArticleAlaska rewrites its texting law history
Alaska’s old and “ambiguous” texting & driving law is dead and buried. A state appeals court ruled this week that the 2008 law intended to ban text messaging while driving was poorly worded and...
View ArticleGoogle Glass ticket thrown out
A California tech tester who was stopped and cited for using Google Glass has beaten the rap. A San Diego court officer said he found no evidence that Cecilia Abadie was using the new visual technology...
View ArticleN.H. justices: Reading text was reckless
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man sent to prison for reckless driving while reading a text message. The resulting wreck left a teenager riding in another vehicle with...
View ArticleCell phone search warrants needed
In a privacy ruling certain to affect distracted driving enforcement, the U.S. Supreme Court says police must have search warrants in order to examine the cell phones of those they arrest. The...
View ArticleSiri a winner in Nova Scotia courts
Canadian provinces continue to struggle with the specifics of their distracted driving laws. In the latest case, in Nova Scotia, the Supreme Court sided with a motorist who was ticketed for using the...
View ArticleIndiana texting law takes a beating
A federal appeals court has cast a dubious eye on Indiana’s texting & driving law. Ruling in the case of a suspected drug trafficker pulled over for texting, the court found that “the most...
View ArticleAppeals court clears Apple in deadly crash
Apple Inc. did not owe “a duty of care” to the family of a young girl killed in a distracted driving crash, an appeals court has ruled. Apple’s design of the iPhone used by the driver was not a...
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