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Friday, September 27, 2013

Texting Someone You Know is Driving in New Jersey Can Now be a Crime!

Every day, millions of Americans fire off text messages to friends, family and business associates.


Now, as a result of a recent decision by the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, some of those texts could be used as evidence to charge them with Reckless Driving as an Accomplice. In Kubert v. Best, the Court ruled that a sender of a text message can be held liable if they knew that the recipient was driving during the time they sent the text and he or she gets into an accident.