In 2016, California teen Amanda Clark was on the phone when her Chevrolet Trailblazer rolled three times, landing on its roof. According to the Sacramento Bee, Clark wrote: “I hate the thought of dying without my family knowing how I felt about them.” Yet one year later, Clark was in a second auto accident. She was driving while on the phone again and lost control of her car. Cellphone records showed that she was texting. She was found unresponsive at the scene and died the next day. These stories of distracted driving are becoming more common among U.S. drivers, sadly. Drivers continue to pick up their cellphonesfor social media reasons, nonethelesswhile behind the wheel, removing their attention from whats happening around them to focus on a five-inch screen.
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