Victim of teen who took Snapchat photos while crashing Mercedes at 107 mph sues Snapchat

Goddamn milennials man, the picture in the hospital is just the icing on the retarded cake.

Are we sure she wasn't brain damaged before the accident considering she was able to take a selfie of herself just fine in the back of an ambulance?

By Lupercal Go To PostGoddamn milennials man, the picture in the hospital is just the icing on the retarded cake.

I know its like ok your lucky to be alive. Why do you have to snap that shit? Nobody cares about your pathetic existence.

I mean suing snapchat is weird, but it's insane that they have a filter that has speed but haven't figured out that they should make the app shut down once you're driving. Clearly an irresponsible business decision. So sure, sue the shit out of them

I don't understand the teen's logic... if she wanted to see how fast her car can go, she could just look down on the speedometer. The bigger issue here is that she wanted to brag to the world about it. Either way, she was doing two very illegal things and Snapchat shouldn't be responsible for her own stupidity.

why does something like snapchat even have the facility to measure travel speed?

It's an absolute shame that Snapchat is going to have to pay. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" unfortunately doesn't work for other things.

People don't kill people, Snapchat (almost) kills people

holy crap. Read the whole story at the link - she had other friends in the car, one of whom was PREGNANT.

Millenials are the worst

This millennials shit in here. Ugh. Yes frivolous lawsuits and doing dumb shit is relegated to that generation. Pffft. Talk to more old assholes and the dumb shit they did or people they know. Be surprised how much of them were DUIing (and on fucking acid to boot) if you conversed with enough of 'em.

By 3SidedPolygons Go To PostI mean suing snapchat is weird, but it's insane that they have a filter that has speed but haven't figured out that they should make the app shut down once you're driving. Clearly an irresponsible business decision. So sure, sue the shit out of them

Nah man. The app tells you not to do this while driving.

Should every app come with some sort of mechanism to not run while in a car is in motion lest some fucking idiot do something dangerous? Also if you want to tear down some place at crazy speeds like you're Draymond Green, find a ghost highway and do it there fuckheads. And even then do it solo and or know if you can handle it. JFC all these amateurs lately.

The warning should be enough in my opinion but some people are just that dumb so Snapchat may have to just remove it.

Yeah it's one thing if someone's stupidity is confined to just hurting themselves but it rarely is.

Yep Agreed.

Millenials bofa... BOFA DEEZ NUTS.

This is her fault for being a moron. Snapchat should not pay her anything because she agreed to their terms and conditions before signing up for the service. She used snapchat from the ambulance so if it really caused this accident why would she use it later on? After reading the full story Wentworth needs to sue the ever loving shit out of her and her family. There's no excuse to go 107 on any road that isn't the autobahn or Indy 500.

She's not the one suing snapchat. The people who she rammed into are. They did nothing wrong. they're not responsible. There is nothing "millennial" about them being pissed as fuck that an app encourages people to film while driving 100 fucking miles an hour and that someone did, motivated by that app, and almost killed them

At what point though are you going to find something like at fault. Snapchat is also used by pros, teams, etc. One instance of this and suddenly it's Snapchat's problem that a person (amateur) did the filter literally? At what point does someone just get held accountable for a terrible choice without litigation falling on a third party?

Shit on me because I was born in the 80's some more, please. LOL

By 3SidedPolygons Go To PostI mean suing snapchat is weird, but it's insane that they have a filter that has speed but haven't figured out that they should make the app shut down once you're driving. Clearly an irresponsible business decision. So sure, sue the shit out of them

Uhm.

No.

You could do it while in a plan, train, passenger on a track. Ski'ing. Going downhill on a sled. Anything.

Should we also sue Mercedes for making a car that doesn't shut down over 55mph?

Cause that's the same logic.

By 33MillionDollarMen Go To PostAt what point though are you going to find something like at fault. Snapchat is also used by pros, teams, etc. One instance of this and suddenly it's Snapchat's problem that a person (amateur) did the filter literally? At what point does someone just get held accountable for a terrible choice without litigation falling on a third party?

At the point that the person can compensate the victims' family fairly. But fuck if I'm going to have my family destroyed by some 18 year old I can't get much out of because some company irresponsibly did something with a predictable problem. It's the same reason I support Tamir Rice's family getting millions in lawsuits.

If Snapchat didn't get sued? Ok cool. I'm not calling for them to get sued out of principle. But if the family that get destroyed decides to sue them? Fuck it, go for it.

By giririsss Go To PostUhm.

No.

You could do it while in a plan, train, passenger on a track. Ski'ing. Going downhill on a sled. Anything.

Should we also sue Mercedes for making a car that doesn't shut down over 55mph?

Cause that's the same logic.

The filters aren't a core part of what snapchat is. Therefore their addition is unnecessary. If there was a filter that gave you a Nazi swastika and let you raise your arm to gas Jewish people - people would be fucking pissed. Just like if there was a high score bonus sound and really cool colors that happened when you drove your Benz over 100 miles an hour.

When you add an unnecessary feature that can be construed as you're encouraging bad behavior, then that's fair game. The very fact that snapchat has a mph filter is basically saying "use us while you're driving" which is already encouraging unsafe behavior regardless of speeds.

By 3SidedPolygons Go To PostWhen you add an unnecessary feature that can be construed as you're encouraging bad behavior, then that's fair game. The very fact that snapchat has a mph filter is basically saying "use us while you're driving" which is already encouraging unsafe behavior regardless of speeds.

I don't see how that should override the law

Like yeah the app records speeds, but it's an app on your phone, which is illegal to be using while operating a motor vehicle at any speed.

I feel blame clearly lies solely with the individual girl here. She was in violation of laws put in place to prevent accidents like this from occurring, and should probably be prosecuted to the fullest extent given the consequences.

By Retro Go To PostI don't see how that should override the law

Like yeah the app records speeds, but it's an app on your phone, which is illegal to be using while operating a motor vehicle at any speed.

I feel blame clearly lies solely with the individual girl here. She was in violation of laws put in place to prevent accidents like this from occurring, and should probably be prosecuted to the fullest extent given the consequences.

She should, and she is though.

I thought you were arguing that the app is somehow at fault

laughing at the people who aren't getting the sarcastic use of millennial

By Retro Go To PostI thought you were arguing that the app is somehow at fault

I'm arguing that if the family that got destroyed wants to sue both parties, as they are, then they should - this young woman should get the legal book thrown at her, and snapchat should be forced to settle for a few million of their seed money to the family that's now irreparably damaged for what a girl did because of that snapchat filter

That filter calls for trouble. Snapchat knows the kind of people who uses their app. They should pay and remove that stupid filter.

Most of the time I see people use the mph filter is either when they are in an airplane/train or stuck in traffic and it says 0.

She really took a selfie on a backboard? She had a pregnant friend in her car. FOH.

I was assuming this was low life attorney BS but if they knew about it and didn't do anything, they gonna get paid.

I'm seeing more and more people with media that proves they are using their phones while driving. People are taking video, of what is clearly the driver's seat, talking and looking into the phone. It's dumb.

Waze makes you hit a button that says you are the passenger before allowing you to use it while the car is moving.