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>If a crash happens, and someone was on their phone, it would be pretty obvious that they were at fault. Accidents are so circumstantial that it's not always g
by jjulius 3y ago
>If a crash happens, and someone was on their phone, it would be pretty obvious that they were at fault.
Accidents are so circumstantial that it's not always going to be "pretty obvious" someone involved was on their phone. Nor does being on your phone when involved in an accident necessarily mean that you caused it.
- bluGill 3y agoAccidents can also be caused by someone who didn't crash. If you have to take evasive action because of someone else you might crash. (in some cases you crashing is the best result for you)
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI know someone who was rear-ended by someone who was reportedly on his phone. The person I know also admitted to me that they were on their phone but that didn't make it into the police report. So, not only were they on their phone and reportedly didn't cause the collision, nobody even asked if they were on their phone and therefore nobody found out, presumably because they didn't cause the collision.
- FireBeyond 3y agoMy step daughter was in a collision in the middle of an intersection. No cameras, no witnesses, no other vehicles than the two. Police come along, ask her a bare minimum of questions. "Did you have a green light?" "Yes, I did." "Okay." Walk over to the other driver, and talk to him, come back less than three minutes later. "The other driver said he definitely had a green light. I am issuing you a citation for failure to obey a traffic control signal." That fell apart very quickly when we appealed it to court. "Definitely" in a statement adds nothing to the reasonable doubt equation.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoalso, does "on your phone" include ("properly") hands-free, via carplay or android auto?