The 20-year-old caused the accident, the cops said. Odds are he was texting or talking -- because a majority of 20-year-olds do that regularly while driving. It's time to enforce the law or add more points and fines to such violations.

"Odds are?" How about we wait for some facts rather than speculate? Sure, younger drivers are no saints when it comes to texting/talking on a cell while driving but check out some of the statistics from Pew Research and you'll find that adults are just as, if not more guilty, of texting/talking while driving. I do agree with the notion that the law needs to be upheld and more serious penalties doled out to offenders.

We should never jump to a conclusion on what the cause is until we actually hear what the cause is. A person changing lanes without realizing someone is in the other lane is not exactly a new phenomenon that is caused only by distracted drivers. It definitely is careless, no doubt.

Randal, phones are put away before the time when police are able to report to the scene. Believe me there is a lot of it going on behind the wheel or not. The roads here are great until you need to make a left hand turn. Crap Drivers and crap roads built for 1960's traffic.

Get the people that are scared to drive off of the roads also!

n how bout the damn bicycle crews in the dark with dark hoodies and no lights on their bikes!

With language like that, you don't need help looking bad.

clearly you were there to know that the man was speeding right? the article says that your friend hit him, after attempting to switch lanes. MAYBE your friend did not see him and the car he hit was not in his peripherall view. it happens all the time. i imagine the "moron" cops summized what happend from what the parties in the accident gave in their statements. I agree with Shore Skeptic.

I understand the intent, but that would violate the 4th amendment. Police would need probable cause to check the phone records of people and simply being in an accident wouldn't be enough to check everyone.

I think that is an excellent idea that makes so much sense it is doubltful it could ever be instituted as nothing today seems to make any sense at all.

I understand what the Patriot Act allows, but that doesn't make it Constitutional. Congress does not have the right to just arbitrarily change the Bill of Rights through a simple majority vote. The way this country is today, a challenge to it would never succeed, but if a state law were passed requiring the inspection phone records after an accident, it would stand a chance of being overturned since it not in the name of security.

BTW Rick - Your experience with searching for flights is not something with the government tracking your activities. Its actually a fairly common practice for many sites to use the same tracking service and sharing the browsing habits of people. Just turn off cookies and Java Script in your browser and they will be very limited in what they will know about you.