04-20-2009, 03:52 AM
Today's newspaper had an article titled "Driver charged in deadly Texas crash". The first paragraph states: Police filed intoxication manslaugher charges Sunday against a driver who lost control of his car while using a cell phone, plunging the vehicle into a rain-filled ditch and killing five children inside.
Defenders of cell phone use by motor vehicle operators can suggest that it wouldn't have happened if he weren't drunk, and there's a point to the argument but since we know there are millions who don't have accidents every time they drive drunk, we can also say that it wouldn't have happened if he weren't on the phone. In essence, this particular trajedy was the result of behavior in which the worst of both worlds were involved.
Defenders of cell phone use by motor vehicle operators can suggest that it wouldn't have happened if he weren't drunk, and there's a point to the argument but since we know there are millions who don't have accidents every time they drive drunk, we can also say that it wouldn't have happened if he weren't on the phone. In essence, this particular trajedy was the result of behavior in which the worst of both worlds were involved.