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DVD-Watching Driver Charged with Murder

Posted by michael on from the now-he'll-never-find-out-how-it-ends dept.

joke-boy writes "CNN reports that a driver in Alaska is being charged with second-degree murder for allegedly causing a fatality accident by driving while watching the movie 'Road Trip' in an in-dash DVD player. The driver contends he was just listening to music. Alaska has no laws prohibiting drivers from watching DVDs, although many other states do."

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  1. Re:Keeping Up With Technology by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Informative
    Careless driving is still careless driving. When laws address general principles, ephemeral trends don't make any difference.
    Well said, Sir. The UK government passed a law against using a mobile phone while driving - totally unnecessary,there was already the offence of "driving without due care and attention". The Belgians passed a similar one and they can't even enforce traffic lights.

    If you drive, you concentrate on the road, and if you don't do that, you face the consequences when the inevitable happens.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."