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World’s Most Distracted Driver Arrested in California

Posted on April 16, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

Police in Torrance, California pulled over a 29-year-old woman who has been dubbed by some as the “world’s most distracted driver.” According to reports, Shawndeeia Bowen was pulled over on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles while texting on her cell phone and also having her one-year-old daughter on her lap. She was driving on a suspended license and was reported to be traveling at speeds in excess of 90 miles-per-hour. Bowen, the mother of six, also had two of her other children in the backseat not wearing seat belts. “Her excuse was that, while she was driving on the 91 freeway near Compton, the one-year-old started crying and in an effort to comfort the one-year-old, she pulled the one-year-old to the front seat,” the Torrance Police Department told CBS News in Los Angeles. Bowen has been charged with reckless driving and child endangerment. She was held on $130,000 bail…
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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Posted on April 13, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

The California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department are working together to crack down on distracted driving, according to sources. They are boosting enforcement resources for the second annual National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Police will enforce their zero-tolerance policy on all distracted drivers caught this month. “We take the issue of distracted driving very seriously,” says LAPD Lt. Ronald Katona. “Is that text message or cell phone call really worth $159?” Penalties for first timers is $159, but for multiple offenders the minimum fine is $279. Distracted driving is not only limited to cell phone use, however—anything that takes your attention away from driving is illegal, like eating, applying makeup or adjusting the radio. “Recently, more people are distracted with technology,” said CHP Public Information Officer Rick Quintero. “Driving is multitasking as it is. That in itself takes a lot of work and attention.” So keep this…
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Two Adults, Three Children Injured in Car Accident

Posted on April 9, 2012 by bonnicilawgroup

A California car accident left five injured in Scott Valley, according to the Siskiyou Daily. Two of the victims are adults and three are children, all from Fort Jones. The collision occurred on Quartz Valley Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver of a 1998 Nissan, Andrew Armstrong, 33, veered off the side of the road, striking a tree. His wife, Jamie Langdon, 31, and his three children were in the car. Responders rushed all five passengers to Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka. Two of the children, ages six and seven, were wearing seat belts, but not properly. The driver told police that he was distracted while driving from “animals fighting” in the car. When people think of distracted driving, usually texting or using a phone comes to mind. But anything that takes your attention away from the road and driving is dangerous. This includes eating, talking and…
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