Have you ever been eating or visiting with someone who abruptly answers a call or rudely sends texts messages while in the middle of your time with them? Have you ever seen a pedestrian walking on the streets or through a cross walk totally staring at their cell phone instead of paying attention to their surroundings? People are so addicted to their cell phones these days that they just can't put them phone down. They even risk their own safety and that of others just to talk, send text messages and/or take selfies unbelievably while driving. My estranged brother, Frank Jerry Seviane, is one of those people and he is, astonishingly, a veteran police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (#32809). And yes he spells our last name slightly different than me; it's not a typo. Anyhow, on the evening of April 28, 2018 he was driving while talking on his cell phone and caused a traffic collision that totaled out his expensive, leased Mercedes Benz (i.e., property of Mercedes Benz). His reckless distracted driving also caused other significant property damage as well as bodily injury. Whereas any civilian would be held legally responsible for this illegal act, he somehow skated away without accountability due, in my opinion, to the thin blue line and his commanding officers at LAPD 77th Community Station repeatedly turning a blind eye to his ongoing, outrageous conduct as well as covering up for him. Police Officers should be held to a higher standard and should lead by example. They should not be given immunity when breaking laws they are supposed to enforce. And when the "no texting while driving" law became effective in California USA, I was dating a 28 year old California Highway Patrol Officer named Bryan Walker who literally said to me that he could care less if people texted while driving. Unbelievable!
Distracted driving is a material consequence of the mass cell phone obsession. Distracted driving is rampant. Don't be reckless or willfully negligent like my estranged LAPD brother. Stay off your cell phone while driving. By all means, enjoy your cell phone but not so much so that you are disregarding or disrespecting the people around you or putting lives in danger; including your own.
Jacqueline Sebiane
