A Florida man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after a fatal crash that led to the death of a 9-year-old boy. He was found guilty of vehicular homicide and reckless driving. It is the first texting-and-driving case that has gone to trial in the state.
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Wow texting 💬 😢
Everyday i see drivers with a phone in their face, angers me so much. I saw a school bus driver doing that.
Wow
A car is just a lethal as a Bullet from a gun and should be treated the same. Dead is dead.
Nah man, this is excessive. Guy woulda been better used paying back to the community instead of tax payers footing the bill for him to rot.
If you need to talk pull over . The world will not come to a end if you are not moving and not paying attention to what you are suppose to be doing .. driving is a PRIVILEGE !!!!!! Wake up .
Serves him right. Just look in driver side mirrors and you can see 98% of people texting. Look at those you pass~texting. Hope you suffer every second of your life with the knowledge of what you destroyed.
florida is out of control!
Annnd ANOTHER florida man!
No Texting or Driving Please Everyone No!!
Should be a $1000 fine for texting and driving! That would stop it!
I doint drive I drive a bike and if I was on my bike on a sell phone and someone did to avoid hitting me killed some one to ovoid me I'd be liable so I doint use it on the road
30 years is excessive I dont think he did it intentionally. Might as well ask for death sentence then.
If that is the case everyone should be locked up, I, have seen cops on the phone while driving 😮
This is Florida, where human life is of limited value, people are poorly educated jerks and irresponsible behavior permeates the culture. Just dig more holes and keep filling the jails.
30 years while we wait for a Russian spy, who sold intel info that led to deaths now charged with espionage – goes golfing as loser former president.
Drunk guys get less. He could've sneezed and it happened. This is sad. For everyone.
My ex bf literally plays games on his phone while driving. Every time I asked him to stop and he was getting mad at me. He totaled cars several times already.
I wonder how many people here in the comments are guilty of driving "buzzed". Driving hungover and a little drunk from the night before (alcohol stays in your system for hours. Even after you think you slept it off). Putting on lipstick, messing with the radio, eating etc. I don't even have a car and I do not trust drivers. That's why I always walk against traffic so I can get out off the way. Because I can't trust people to move over.
Please stop texting and driving 😢
DUI homicide perpetrators are given less jail time?
Most of us are guilty of using our phone on the road, whether it's the GPS, texting, calling…I think we all can, and should, do better.
Having a dog on the lap should be diatracted driving
I've never even heard of texting that results in a fatality get more than 5-10 years in the entire nation. Vehicular manslaughter is treated as a joke 99% of the time.
Edit: Apparently, he wasn't texting, he was messing with phone apps. In many places, that wouldn't be unlawful as the law only refers to texting. That's why this family and others are working to change the law to reflect that simply HOLDING a mobile device while driving is dangerous.
I was sitting in my sailboat off Key West, a beautiful day, my hatches open wide. A giant motor yacht screamed by sending a giant wake into my sailboat and interior, the driver staring at his phone.
Stop phones from working in moving cars.
An imbecile takes a life and gets only 30 years. Disgusting.
Did y'all see all them telescoped cars?
That's worth 30 years raht thar! Now how will they ever git to Walmart?
Maybe they oughta give him some community service like picking up all the Red Bull cans in the 7-11 parkin lot.
Ever day, all day. Anyone that rides a motorcycle is stupid. Anyone that rides a bicycle is stupid.
That means they were real white and wealthy see I wonder if a Black or Mexican would get Justice like this the only ones I see on their tablets are the police and the new electric cars
well deserved… reckless Republican driver from Florida
Jeez poor family had to suffer this loss. So courageous to turn down a settlement and go for a trial. The only thing he wasn't doing while driving was eating a donut, combing his hair and fixing dinner while smoking a cigarette. And he had a previous driving while under the influence.
I’m sorry this happened and the family never going to see their son grow up! I know most people won’t agree with me, but I do think the sentence was harsh for a manslaughter!
That usually go for someone who done 1st degree murder!
You might say that what he did by driving his car and taking a chance like Russia roulette by texting on his phone! But it’s still a harsh sentence compared to someone who intentionally killed somebody! I’m not saying he should not get time, but just saying that it’s harsh!
An eye for eye will leave you blinded😔
This world needs God https://youtube.com/@IamawarriorofGodforever
Over sentenced. No justice.
We have a law. $500. fine. Isee people hold their phones talking while driving everytime I get in my truck and go some where. It's as commone as rolling stops and speeding. I see cops doin it.
I salute the judge who gave this ruling !!!
Murder…
Sad 💐
As much as i hate when my daughter talks through her car to me, its SO much easier as she isnt distracted! And either 1 of us can and do say, " call me back when the car is parked"!