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As if to put the icing on the New York senator’s SMS text-message-ban cake, a UK Judge sentenced 19 year old Brit Rachel Begg to four years of hard time for rear-ending 64 year o ld Maureen Waites and subsequently killing her. The case would normally seem like an extremely unfortunate accident, except the cause of the fatal collision was the incredibly irresponsible teenager’s repeated use of her mobile phone – 9 times in the 15 minutes leading up to the accident.
According to The Post Chronicle, the teenager lacked the wherewithal to understand that driving at 70mph while tapping out SMS text messages on a dark and rainy night could be a bad idea. That slight oversight resulted in Begg rear-ending Waites, causing her car to spin out and hit a barrier.
It looks like little Rachel’s aspirations to become an accountant will be put on hold, indefinitely. Some people just have to learn the hard way.
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
