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What should happen to a MN female driver who, while reaching for her dropped phone, rear-ended the vehicle ahead of her & killed a toddler?
Source: http://www.startribune.com/local/north/88601102.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr
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March 20, 2010 10:41 PM
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This is an tragic story. To lose a young child is something that could never be measured with words.
I feel that she should be held to the standards of the law, as anyone else would. It's justice, not revenge. Determining fault doesn't appear to be the issue. I read the article and it appears to me that the police are contemplating more severe charges because the toddler died as a result of the incident.
The MN laws state that texting and talking on the cell phone while driving are illegal. However, it only states that the fine is $300. I would only be able to assume that this action which caused the accident was due to use of the cell phone. It states she was reaching for it, so did she have it before hand ans this is what led to the distraction?
If someone was speeding, caused a collision and the victim died, what would the MN law hold that person to? My conclusion is that she will also be held to the type of standard.
Even when the law states one thing, a judge or jury must decide what is the just action. While this unnecessary death is obviously her fault for negligence behind the wheel, she is entitled to a day in court.
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I feel that she should be held to the standards of the law, as anyone else would. It's justice, not revenge. Determining fault doesn't appear to be the issue. I read the article and it appears to me that the police are contemplating more severe charges because the toddler died as a result of the incident.
The MN laws state that texting and talking on the cell phone while driving are illegal. However, it only states that the fine is $300. I would only be able to assume that this action which caused the accident was due to use of the cell phone. It states she was reaching for it, so did she have it before hand ans this is what led to the distraction?
If someone was speeding, caused a collision and the victim died, what would the MN law hold that person to? My conclusion is that she will also be held to the type of standard.
Even when the law states one thing, a judge or jury must decide what is the just action. While this unnecessary death is obviously her fault for negligence behind the wheel, she is entitled to a day in court.
http://www.drivinglaws.org/minn.php
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March 20, 2010 10:33 PM
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I think she should be charged with manslaughter as she voluntary reached for the cell phone. I don.t know if cell phones when driving are illegal in MN but they should be. Was she to important to pull over to get her phone? Was her time more important then anothers life? I have seen people crash retrieving a cigarrette but I guess now it's cell phones.
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