THINK
Thomas Watson, founder of I.B.M. had that as a sign over his desk. It is a pity that an unknown (and very dead) California motorist did not heed this simple advice...
From the
SF Gate:
Car crash kills man believed to be using laptop while driving
A man who authorities say appeared to be driving while using his laptop computer died Monday when his vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Hummer.
After the crash, California Highway Patrol officers found the victim's computer still running and plugged into the cigarette lighter of his 1991 Honda Accord.
The 28-year-old victim was a computer tutor in Chico. The Sutter County Coroner's Office was withholding his identity until his family could be notified.
"The screen itself shattered from the impact, so we can't be sure if he was working on it or not, but we think from the way it was found that he might have been working," CHP spokesman Sgt. John Pettigrew said. "It's a straight road right there, and it doesn't look like he fell asleep or anything else."
The couple inside the Hummer escaped the 8:30 a.m. collision with bumps and bruises, Pettigrew said.
The crash, near the intersection of highways 99 and 113 about 30 miles north of the state capital, totaled both vehicles. It closed a section of Highway 99 south of Yuba City for about two hours.
Talk about clueless...
Posted by DaveH at February 27, 2007 12:06 PM