Dangerous Finger
Add to the list of dangerous driver distractions "picking your nose." According to The (Allentown, Pa.) Morning Call, New Jersey driver Antonio Randino took one hand off the wheel to pick his nose before his truck crashed on I-80 in late January, killing two motorists. This information was revealed during a preliminary hearing this week, in which testimony also said Randino was traveling at least 69 mph in a 50-mph zone
Add to the list of dangerous driver distractions "picking your nose."
According to The (Allentown, Pa.) Morning Call, New Jersey driver Antonio Randino took one hand off the wheel to pick his nose before his truck crashed on I-80 in late January, killing two motorists.
This information was revealed during a preliminary hearing this week, in which testimony also said Randino was traveling at least 69 mph in a 50-mph zone.
"If he had been paying attention and been driving the speed limit, this collision would never have occurred," testified Chriss Grube, an accident reconstruction expert from the Pennsylvania State Police.
According to the arrest affidavit, Randino told troopers he was traveling 60 mph in the right lane when he felt the trailer, loaded with 22 tons of trash, pull to the right. The 21-year-old turned to the left to check his side mirror, and when he looked forward again, he was coming into the turn.
Randino is free on $50,000 bail on charges including two counts each of involuntary manslaughter and homicide by vehicle, and a count of driving at an unsafe speed. He pleaded not guilty. The case is not expected to go to trial for at least six months.
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