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Texting Bans

Brickbat: Distracted Driver

Charles Oliver | 8.1.2014 6:00 AM

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A Los Angeles County sheriff's driver who struck and killed a man with his patrol car was texting at around the time of the accident. Deputy Andrew Wood struck and killed Milton Everett Olin Jr.  Witnesses said they did not see any brake lights before the collision.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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