{"id":6015,"date":"2012-05-23T07:24:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2012-05-23T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:11:54","slug":"morning-read-distracted-driving-north-country-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/05\/23\/morning-read-distracted-driving-north-country-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Distracted driving North Country style"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Holstein would like for you to put down your smart phone when you drive. Photo source: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>Stephen Bartlett reports for Denton Publications<\/a> on the story of a Cadyville man who was checking his email on his “smart” phone when he plowed his van into a herd of dairy cows.<\/p>\n

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New York State Police reported that Kyle D. Mattoon, 33, was driving his 2010 Dodge Caravan on the Star Road near the intersection of Bohon Road and reading an email on his Blackberry.<\/p>\n

Keith Brior, a local farmer who lives at 7942 Star Road, was steering a herd of roughly 200 dairy cows across the intersection.<\/p>\n

Brior saw Mattoon\u2019s car heading toward the animals and waved his arms to get the driver\u2019s attention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>Mattoon was unable to stop in time and struck multiple cows.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Five cows had to be put down, and nearly a dozen more were injured.<\/p>\n

As a radio journalist, I would love to have a recording of the conversation between that dairy farmer and that distracted driver in the long minutes before police arrived on scene.\u00a0 I imagine some colorful language was used.<\/p>\n

So here’s a question that’s perfect for In Boxers:\u00a0 In all honesty, how much extra-curricular activity do you take on while driving your car or truck?<\/p>\n

I’ve been known to eat a hamburger or two while navigating back roads in the North Country.\u00a0 How about you?\u00a0 Do you stay focused?\u00a0 Or should the cows run for the barn when you hit the highway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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