text Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:31:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg text Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 People Who Text A Driver May Be Held Responsible For Crash https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/09/04/people-text-drivers-may-liable-crashes/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/09/04/people-text-drivers-may-liable-crashes/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:00:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=10796 Everyone knows it’s dangerous to use a cell phone or text while driving.

In the future, it could be illegal to text someone who is driving.

That’s because it may cause the driver to pick up the phone and text back—which could cause a crash.

Three judges in the U.S. state of New Jersey have “agreed in principal” that if someone knows that the person they’re texting is driving, and the driver crashes into someone, both people (the driver and the texter) might be considered responsible for the accident.

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