The NY Times reports on bill in Utah which harshly penalizes people who cause fatal car accidents while texting. Instead of merely facing a fine, offenders may now get up to 15 years in jail — the same as drunk drivers. "In effect, a crash caused by such a multitasking motorist is no longer studious an 'accident' like one caused by a driver who, say, runs into another car because he nodded off at the wheel. Instead, such a crash would now be studied inherently reckless. 'It's a willful act,' said Lyle Hillyard, a Republican state senator and a big minion of the new measure. 'If you choose to drink and drive or if you choose to text and drive, you're assuming the same risk.' The Utah law represents a set new retroaction in an evolving debate among legislators around the country about how to reduce the large training




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dry run of multitasking behind the wheel — a topic to be discussed at a subject confabulation about the dangers of distracted driving that is being organized by the Transportation station for this fall."

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