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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. This might have been me by ConanG · · Score: 1, Troll

    I installed a computer in my car about a year ago with a touchscreen interface, gps navigation, DVD, etc...

    Well last week, I'm following a friend to his home. Roads are empty and I know where my friend and I are going. I start messing around with the mp3 player and I'm not paying attention to the road.

    He decides to make a turn I'm not expecting and take a different route. I smashed right into him at about 30mph. I didn't even know I was going to hit him until a split second before I hit him.

    Fortunately, we weren't hurt, but I caused about $5000 in damages to our cars.

    Well, I learned my lesson. The computer is coming out after the repairs are complete. There is no need for this luxury while operating a vehicle.