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- Jurisdiction
- Illinois
My son was recently involved in an accident with his tractor trailer on I90 in Il. He had his cell phone on to the GPS function to get directions to the place his company was sending him for supplies. The weather was bad, he was at the reduced speed of approximatley 50mph, he was following other vehicles in their tracks, he looked down to verify his directions, got out of the tracks and his rig jack knifed and slid into the ditch, he dd not have a loaded reailer. The highway patrol came after his company had made arrangements to have his rig towed. The highway patrol would not let him use his own tow that his company had arranged, and they gave him a ticket for driving too fast for the conditions. He has since been terminated by employer for the accident and in their words "being on his cell phone" the device was not in his hands, it was in a cell phone holder. they do have cameras in his truck that kicked in when he started to jack knife. He was not talking to anyone or texting, he was using the phone specifically for a gps function. There were no other vehicles involved in this incident. Is this worth fighting over with the employer, or trying to get an attorney to get the charges dropped due to the weather.