Text-driver SUES Apple over a fatal car crash he caused!!!

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Text Drivers are Killers

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The psychopath who caused the crash is suing!!! Cell phones should be banned from the passenger compartment of all vehicles.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/...le-over-a-fatal-car.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo

dec 30 2016 A distracted driver has sued Apple over a fatal car crash involving FaceTime.

The plaintiff filed suit in a California court in early December in regards to a road accident that occurred on Christmas Eve in 2014. The driver was " distracted while using the 'FaceTime' application on an iPhone 6 Plus during the operation of his motor vehicle," and hit the back of a stationary vehicle while going 65 miles per hour, per the court documents obtained by AppleInsider.

Bethany and James Modisette were the two adults in the vehicle along with their two children — Isabella and Moriah. The whole family sustained serious injuries, but 5-year-old Moriah died of her injuries in the hospital.

Apple was sued for not implementing a technology that could have prevented the driver from using the app while driving. The Cupertino-based company applied for the patent on the technology in 2008 and it was granted in 2014, but Apple had not implemented the block at the time of the crash. The technology would have locked “out the ability of drivers to use the 'FaceTime' application on the Apple iPhone while using a motor vehicle," per the court filings.

Since Apple did not employ the tech, the plaintiff is accusing Apple of contributing to the injuries of the family and the death of the child.
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Hmm, patent was awarded in 2014, crash happened at the end of the year but was the patent awarded on a completed technology or based on a proof of concept, was it ready for primetime? Regardless, at the time National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had published a list of recommendations on how electronics manufacturers could use tech to improve driver safety, it would not have been required.

Also, it's like suing gun mfrs for fatal shootings and the cliché suing auto mfrs for fatal car crashes (where there was to vehicular defect).

I don't see this suit going anywhere.
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
The psychopath who caused the crash is suing!!! Cell phones should be banned from the passenger compartment of all vehicles.
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"...Apple was sued for not implementing a technology that could have prevented the driver from using the app while driving..."

Does this dumbass still have his mommy wipe his ass.

What a fucking idiot; but maybe he does need protection from himself, to prevent himself from making stupid fucking decisions. :palm:
 
Guille said:
I'd like to see at least 10 years in prison.
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???But it's the phones fault??

I doubt it will be ten but certainly @ least a few years is in order for such negligence....

I see so many ppl texting or whatever on their phones driving everyday it is ridiculously sad....

Including bikes...
 
Bill said:
???But it's the phones fault??

I doubt it will be ten but certainly @ least a few years is in order for such negligence....

I see so many ppl texting or whatever on their phones driving everyday it is ridiculously sad....

Including bikes...
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Hey asshole, read before you post. Did I say it was the phone's fault? That asshole killed someone.
 
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