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   Bill Clinton Epstein Rapist to All   
   Clinton woman voter caught on video text   
   17 Aug 16 14:42:45   
   
   XPost: sac.politics, pa.politics   
   From: bill.clinton.epstein.rapist@hillaryclinton.com   
      
   CENTER CITY, Pa. -- A woman was caught on video not only texting   
   while driving, but steering the wheel with her feet on the   
   Schuylkill Expressway.   
      
   In a cellphone video sent exclusively to ABC7's Philadelphia-   
   based sister station WPVI-TV, the female driver can be seen with   
   her eyes glued on the phone with both hands typing.   
      
   It was a case of reckless driving so egregious, Sarah and Shawn   
   Delong had to record it.   
      
   "Someone is going to get killed, that's why I was so mad. You   
   see people on their phones all the time, but that took the   
   cake," Sarah told WPVI-TV Wednesday night.   
      
   >From the passenger seat of their car, Sarah started recording on   
   her phone.   
      
   The Delongs followed the woman's car for quite a while, and her   
   distracted driving continued.   
      
   "For a good 20 minutes, we were in her vicinity, whether it was   
   beside her or behind her," Sarah said.   
      
   Sarah and Shawn did try to get her to stop her dangerous   
   activity.   
      
   "At one point, we beeped at her and I yelled, 'Get off your   
   phone!' And she looked and smirked at me and went right back to   
   doing whatever it was on her phone," Sarah said.   
      
   "I've seen people reading and writing with their documents, but   
   not driving with your feet," Shawn said.   
      
   The Delongs say there were points where the woman was swerving.   
      
   "To see her on 76 and then going down towards Center City, that   
   I couldn't believe," Shawn said.   
      
   But when reckless drivers like this don't stop and end up in an   
   emergency room, trauma surgeon Dr. Pak Leung at Einstein Medical   
   Center says it's frustrating to know they've risked their lives   
   for a simple text.   
      
   "The number is definitely going up. I think about three year   
   ago, we'd probably see one maybe every other day. But now, we   
   tend to see it if not one, two times a day," Leung explained.   
      
   Sarah said she did get the license plate number on the car and   
   called state police, but they haven't gotten back to her.   
   However, WPVI-TV spoke to Philadelphia police, who explain that   
   police officers have to catch the person in the act. Other than   
   that, it's pretty hard for them to do anything.   
      
   Incredibly, the video is not unique to our area.   
      
   Just last week, a Colorado woman was caught texting while   
   speeding down the interstate with one leg propped up on the   
   dashboard.   
      
   A worried passenger in the next car captured the 47-second clip   
   and posted it to Facebook.   
      
   It has since been seen and shared thousands of times.   
      
   http://abc7.com/news/woman-caught-on-video-texting-driving-with-   
   feet/1466245/   
      
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