Missouri Incident

Last year in Missouri, there was a four vehicle pile-up which caused the National Transportation Board to recommend the following: that all cell phones should be banned in cars except for emergencies.  Why?  Because after police investigation, they found that deceased 19-year old truck had sent or received 11 text messages in just 11 minutes immediately before the accident.

(Image and news story taken from The Associated Press)

Last year in Missouri, there was a four vehicle pile-up which caused the National Transportation Board to recommend the following: that all cell phones should be banned in cars except for emergencies. Why? Because after police investigation, they found that deceased 19-year old truck had sent or received 11 text messages in just 11 minutes immediately before the accident. (Image and news story taken from The Associated Press)

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