Idaho’s Texting Law Doesn’t Do Much

Taylor Sauer’s final Facebook status update predicted her sudden, violent death. “I can’t discuss this now. Driving and facebooking is not safe! Haha,” she wrote. Shortly thereafter, the 18-year-old Caldwell, Idaho, teen rear-ended a slow tanker truck at 80 miles an hour on Idaho’s Interstate 84, then was hit by another semi-truck. Idaho State Police says there was no evidence of any braking, but cellphone records showed she had been posting from the phone about once every 90 seconds. Her death sent her parents, Clay and Shauna, on a mission to reduce texting while driving. “We just thought, there’s no way we can put our heads in the sand and pretend this is not what happened,” Shauna Sauer says. “I think she would be glad for what we’ve done with it.” Amid tears and hoarse voices, they spoke at high schools and went on the Today show with their daughter’s story. They urged the Idaho Legislature to pass a law banning texting while driving/ Daniel Walters , Inlander. More here .

Question: Do you know people who text & drive?