NY Police Get Tall SUVs To Combat Texting While Driving

coondoggie writes "The New York State Police have a new weapon to fight the plague of drivers that insist on texting while operating their vehicle: tall SUVs. Most recently reported by the AP, NY has begun operating a fleet of 32 unmarked SUVs that let troopers more easily peer down into a car to see if the driver is texting or not. 'Major Michael Kopy, commander of the state police troop patrolling the corridor between New York City and Albany, quoted a Virginia Tech study that found texting while driving increased the chance of a collision by 23 times and took eyes off the road for five seconds — more than the length of a football field at highway speed. Kopy worries that as teens get their driver's licenses, texting on the road will become more prevalent. "More people are coming of driving age who have had these hand-held devices for many years, and now as they start to drive, they're putting the two together, texting and driving, when they shouldn't."'"

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Re:Texing Bans Increase Crashes

[bill_mcgonigle]

The people who text while trying to drive are the bad actors here.

Yes, and the texting bans make them more dangerous. Did you even read the link, bro?

Your logic is so flawed you must be insane.

Which is why the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute did the research and publicized it, eh? But AC knows better...