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The Issue Of Texting And Driving Essay

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I hit a man with two tons of steel at forty miles per hour with no one else around; I was texting and driving. While I was aware of the possible consequences of texting and driving, I did not think too much about it until I collided with this man. I may not have killed the pedestrian, but the jury was unable to convict me of anything because they had no hard proof of my suspected texting and driving. The fourth amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches or seizures, and states that no warrants shall be issued without probable cause. Unfortunately, this meant that no one could seize or search the contents of my phone, and though they suspected that I had been driving while distracted, legally, there was no probable cause that this incident was in any way connected to my phone. In the end, this amendment contributed more to the obstruction of justice than to my deserved conviction. While the fourth amendment has its purpose, officers of the law should be allowed to search the contents of any phone while prosecuting someone for suspected-distracted driving, in the interest of public safety. First, let us review the current legislation about texting and driving. In the United States of America, and Arizona specifically, the police are allowed to “conduct warrantless searches of drivers’ cell phones” in the case of a texting and driving incident, as stated by the fourth amendment’s automobile exception (Gershowitz, 580). However, this subsection of a law only allows

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