[Ben Brumfield and Chris Boyette][1]:

> They {a New Jersey court} ruled that if the sender of text messages knows that the recipient is driving and texting at the same time, a court may hold the sender responsible for distraction and hold him or her liable for the accident.

I thought that would be the stupidest part of the article, it was, but not the most concerning:

> And [new legislation proposed by state Sen. James Holzapfel ][2]would let police thumb through cellphones if they have “reasonable grounds” to believe the driver was talking or texting when the wreck occurred.

That’s messed up. Now, I would be fine with searching a phone’s records for texting after a court ordered it so, but a police officer doing so simply because they suspect it? Fuck. That.

[1]: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/29/us/new-jersey-texting-crash-sender-liable/index.html
[2]: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/12/tech/new-jersey-cell-phone-traffic-stop/index.html?iref=allsearch