Snapchat Sued For Facilitating 107 MPH Car Crash (patch.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday May 5, 2016 @05:30AM from the technology-facilitating-damage dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A Georgia couple is suing Snapchat, a popular instant messaging and photo sharing app, after a car accident last year seriously injured the husband, leaving him permanently brain damaged. According to media reports, Wentworth Maynard, the victim, was driving in a 55-mile-per-hour zone when 18-year-old Christal McGee crashed into him traveling at 107 miles per hour. McGee, according to lawsuits, was attempting to use Snapchat's "speed filter" -- a feature that overlays the speed one is traveling on a picture. "Snapchat's speed filter facilitated McGee's excessive speeding," reads the lawsuit. "McGee was motivated to drive at an excessive speed in order to obtain recognition through Snapchat by the means of a Snapchat 'trophy.'"

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Fast enough to crash by Anonymous Coward · 2016-05-05 05:31 · Score: 5, Funny

But not fast enough for first post!
Re:Frivolous lawsuit by NotDrWho · 2016-05-05 06:22 · Score: 5, Funny

I wish Snapchat would offer an IQ overlay filter. If the highest one broke 90, I would be surprised.

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