marv's Blog

Teenager near Rochester, NY crashes her car killing  herself and four passengers. A california state law which will make it illegal to use a handheld phone while driving was passed yet does not take effect until next summer!  the law requires phones used while driving to be hands free.  the base fine is merely $20 and $50 for subsequent offense  when it goes into effect until July 1st,2008. At that point, California will be the 4th state (and 5th area, counting D.C.) to implement the ban; 35 other states are also considering it. CHP officers have begun to pull over cell phone-using drivers to warn them about the upcoming law.

Regarding the accident in NY, the five women killed photographed very nicely for their high school yearbook; each graduated this year,  each was a very beautiful woman.  The driver, Bailey Goodman, was violating the restrictions on her license.  She was seventeen having only a junior driver's license which made it illegal to be driving at the time the crash or to be carrying so many young passengers.

The five teenagers died when the sport utility vehicle Goodman was driving collided head-on with a tractor-trailer about 10 p.m. Junior drivers cannot drive after 9 p.m. without a parent, guardian or someone performing parental duties, unless they're going to work or school. They also cannot carry more than two passengers under 21 unless they're members of the immediate family.

It is possible that the fiery, head-on collision with a tractor trailer may have been caused by a distracted driver sending text messages. Cell phone records show a text message was sent from the phone belonging to the driver  at 10:05:52. A reply was sent to her phone at 10:06:29. Thirty-eight seconds later, someone called 911 to report the accident that killed Bailey and her friends.   Cell phone records indicate the phone was in use. Maybe someone else  was the one doing the text messages.