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Google Glass While Driving, Adam M. Gershowitz
Google Glass While Driving, Adam M. Gershowitz
Faculty Publications
Is it legal to use Google Glass while driving? Most states ban texting while driving and a large number also forbid drivers from being able to see television and video screens. But do these statutes apply to Google Glass? Google advises users to check their states’ law and to “[r]ead up and follow the law!” Yet, laws designed for a tangible world are very difficult to apply to virtual screens projected by futuristic wearable technology. In short order, however, police and prosecutors across the country will be called upon to apply outdated distracted driving laws to Google Glass.
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Don’T Text A Driver: Civil Liability Of Remote Third-Party Texters After Kubert V. Best, Emily K. Strider
Don’T Text A Driver: Civil Liability Of Remote Third-Party Texters After Kubert V. Best, Emily K. Strider
William & Mary Law Review
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Damage Control: Adapting Transportation To A Changing Climate, Trip Pollard
Damage Control: Adapting Transportation To A Changing Climate, Trip Pollard
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
Sea level rise, extreme weather events, and other problems caused or exacerbated by a changing climate present the most serious long-term threats to transportation worldwide. Recent disasters have carried a hefty price tag, and forecasts call for more frequent and more costly damage to infrastructure and disruptions of services that are central to trade, jobs, food access, national security, health, and personal mobility. It is essential to reduce greenhouse gas pollution to lessen future damage to transportation; however, even if emissions are cut drastically at this point, the impacts of a changing climate will continue for decades. As a result, …