Friday, October 3, 2008

Cell phone kills 25 people

Cell phones killed 25 people in Los Angeles last month. In Florida, a cell phone killed a school girl.

A southern California Metrolink commuter train wreck left 25 dead including the engineer. It has been determined that the engineer was texting just before the crash. It has also been reported that the same engineer had sent or received 57 text messages during his last shift.

In Florida, a truck driver ran into a school bus killing one student. The truck driver was on the phone at the time of the accident.

Since second hand texting resulted in these 24 train deaths, will it take cell phone related deaths to equal alcohol or smoke related deaths before someone calls for a ban on cell phones?

Probably not since American cell phones are probably protected under the 1st Amendment right to free expression.

Death by cell phone category will soon be added to death certificates.

Is your cell phone safe? Has your cell phone killed anyone?


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