by Matt Richtel
driving Reggie to hospital, 19–20, 24, 55, 157, 244, 252
experience with accidents, 25, 38
negative reaction to Reggie’s case, 26–29, 82
Reggie questioned by, 24–25, 26–29, 45, 209, 244, 266
and Shaw family, 245–46, 247
tenacity of, 28, 81–82, 114, 115–18, 155–56, 157, 160–63, 180–81, 185, 244
Rindlisbacher, Judy, 55
Rio (Carib woman), 62
Robinson, Mark, 115
Roe, Kevin, 124
Rosedale, Philip, 61, 69
Salt Lake Community College, 263
Sandler Neurosciences Center, 30–31
Satan, 205
Schee, Frances Margay, 267
Scoblete, Frank, 198
Second Life (virtual world), 61
Seppala, Emma, 353
shadowing technique, 105
Shaw, Ed:
and Bunderson, 95
family background of, 43
jail feared for Reggie, 45–46, 287
and legal case, 116, 287
marriage to Mary Jane, 43
and Reggie’s accident, 36–37, 328
and Reggie’s birth, 37
and Reggie’s failed missions, 11, 236–37
in Tremonton, 42–43
Shaw, Jack, 45
Shaw, Jake, 37
Shaw, Mary Jane:
and Bunderson, 95
family background of, 43
and legal case, 116, 245–46, 287
marriage to Ed, 43
and police questioning, 81–82
and Reggie’s accident, 19, 27, 36–38, 45, 81, 328
and Reggie’s birth, 37
and Reggie’s failed missions, 11, 12, 13, 236
and Reggie’s girlfriends, 87–88
Shaw, Nick, 13, 37, 84
Shaw, Phill, 27, 37, 84, 245, 246–47
Shaw, Reggie:
and the accident, 16–18, 19–20, 41, 44, 45, 88–89, 96, 275–76, 291, 293, 363–64, 375–76
aftermath of accident, 36–39, 56, 90, 262–63
apologies from, 309–11, 312, 314
and AT&T video, 365–66
birth of, 37
brain of, 334–39
and Cammi, 11, 12, 13, 87, 88, 94–95
and cell phone, 14, 25, 96
and college, 263
and community service, 288, 311, 315, 351
in counseling sessions, 90–91, 92–93, 237–38
and court hearings, 263–64, 269–78, 288
court records sealed, 267, 324
driving his SUV, 14–15, 16, 20, 29, 91, 294
failed first mission of, 11–13, 87, 88, 92, 93, 95, 239, 252, 254–55
and family, 84, 245–47
fulfilling a mission, 332
and guilt, 82–83, 90–92, 93, 94–95, 96, 159, 304, 310, 326, 331, 366–67
and hydroplaning, 19, 20, 25, 81, 264–65, 346
in jail, 319–20, 329
jobs held by, 13, 110–11, 267, 363
lawyer for, 82, 95–97, 114
legal case against, 201–4, 210–13, 223–26, 237, 238–39; see also State v. Reggie Shaw
and Les Misérables, 316, 324–25
and lies, 93, 94–95, 179, 208–9, 210, 213, 224, 238, 239, 246, 276, 294, 346
move away from home, 263, 265, 362–63
MRI study of, 1–2, 6–7, 334–39
as nice guy, 27, 37, 44–45, 83–84, 89, 212–13, 223–24, 230, 234, 240–41, 252, 331, 332, 334, 349
phone records of, 96, 116, 117–18, 155–57, 160–64, 180–88, 243, 283
and plea agreement, 287–88, 294, 307–16
police questioning of, 24–29, 45, 209, 244, 266
poor recall of events, 27, 29, 38–39, 91, 93, 97, 274
revelation of, 273, 274, 275–77
and risks, 211, 212, 223, 243, 276, 277, 314, 376
second mission attempt by, 14, 88, 160, 179–80, 186, 188, 200–201, 204–5, 208, 224, 235–36, 254–55
sentencing of, 314–16
sports interest of, 43, 44–45, 87–88, 158–59, 267, 326, 363, 367
and technology, 84–87
telling his story, 6, 302–4, 321–24, 326, 327–33, 364, 367–68
and texting, 20, 25, 26, 56, 81, 116, 117, 155, 157, 163–64, 180, 184–85, 187–88, 204, 208–9, 243, 246–47, 264, 287, 291
told not to talk, 27, 96, 246–47, 291, 346
and transformation, 288, 291, 292, 303, 325
and Utah legislature debate, 302–4, 315
and victims’ deaths, 20, 37, 82–83, 89, 91, 155, 180, 183, 184, 209, 210, 213, 244, 277, 287, 328, 366
and women friends, 87, 159, 183, 239, 268, 276, 362, 363–64
zoning out, 111, 159
Shaw, Vickie, 37
Shaw, Whitney, 37
Shaw family:
competition in, 84
and legal case, 157, 245–47
and Reggie’s mission, 87, 88
reputation of, 43
in Tremonton, 42–43
Silicon Valley, 373–74, 378
Simitian, Joe, 189
Simpson, Donna, 343
Singleton, Scott, 161–62, 180–88, 202, 206, 213, 227, 245–47
skills, acquisition of, 123
Skinner, B. F., 102
sleight of hand, 71, 101, 106–8
Small, Gary, 127
Smith, Elder, 205
Smith, Nanci, 50, 74–75
Smith, Rich, 74
social connection:
and immediate gratification, 166
power of, 146, 165–66, 169, 215
pressure to stay connected, 282, 322, 350, 369–70
social media:
development of, 69–70
expansion of, 70, 87
and multitasking, 86–87
sharing of, 169–70
texting, 70
urgency of, 167–68
young people’s use of, 85–87
Sparrow, Rory, 326, 330
speed of mental processing, 66–67
Sprint, 190
State v. Reggie Shaw:
characteristics of criminal trials, 263
court costs, 263, 265, 266
court hearings, 240–42, 263–65, 269–78, 288
expert witnesses in, 263, 266, 270, 278
investigative misconduct sought in, 243–44
long, drawn-out process of, 244–45, 246–47, 251, 269, 314
motions filed in, 251–55, 266
no legal precedent for, 117–18, 203–4, 212, 226, 228, 264, 272, 282
and plea agreement, 264, 265, 266–67, 278, 287–88, 306–16
preliminary conclusion in, 277–78
preparations for, 242–45
and Reggie on witness stand, 244, 252, 266
technology, science, and law joining in, 252–53
and texting while driving, 242–43, 253–54, 264
trial date, 267–68, 278
Strayer, David, 123–28, 298–99
and car phones, 124–26, 209, 217
and court hearings, 269–77, 287, 308
distracted driving studies of, 109, 228–29, 283, 285–86, 302, 372, 375, 380
and Gazzaley, 126–28
and information processing, 123
and multitasking, 144, 356–57
and Reggie’s case, 252–53, 266, 318, 336
and skills acquisition, 123
substance abuse, 197–98
Surratt, Mary, 172
Symantec, 199
Tabulating Machine Company, 67
Taylor, Anne, 98–99, 101
Taylor, Janet, 98
Taylor, Percy, 99
Teater, David, 373
technology:
and addiction, 5, 128, 140–41, 144, 166–68, 170–71, 192–99, 214–15, 285–86, 351, 369–70, 373, 380
and attention science, 4, 119, 126, 218
and automobile gadgets, 369–73
of auto safety, 37–3
8, 124, 281–82, 283, 371
and balance, 222
behavior and society, 378–80
brains outstripped by, 100, 108–9, 142–43, 144, 216, 277, 352
and brain studies, 31, 64, 120, 144–46, 376, 383
complexity of, 170–71
computers, see computers
as distraction, 103, 371–73
and drugs, 171
evolution of, 65, 67–68, 103, 141–44
explosion of, 6, 84–85, 216, 277, 283
and Gulf War, 123
and human factors, 123
interactive, 4, 70, 216, 217
Moore’s law and Metcalfe’s law, 5, 143–44, 352
and multitasking, 86, 127–28, 165
and preventable fatalities, 321
speed of development of, 64–71, 142–43
unintended consequences of, 6, 126, 144, 212, 217, 379
video games, 284–85, 361
in World War II, 98–100, 141
young people as users of, 26, 86–87
telegraph, development of, 64–65
telephones, 67, 216–17
see also cell phones
television, 6
and attention, 4, 175
and children, 85, 86, 174–78, 259–61
expanded use of, 103, 260
programming, 86
Tesla electric car, 372
texting and driving:
accidents caused by, 25–26, 210–13, 271, 272, 301–4
as criminal conduct, 313–14
“everyone is doing it,” 283, 298
government-known risks of, 380–82
inattention blindness in, 275, 369–73
laws against, 25, 189–91, 212, 276, 282–83, 317–18, 324, 374, 375, 382
no legal precedent for case, 117–18, 203–4, 212, 226, 228–29, 264, 272, 282
Reggie as poster boy for, 266
and Reggie’s case, 157, 184–88, 210–13, 269, 291; see also State v. Reggie Shaw
research on, 165–66, 168, 243, 252–53, 273–76
risk taken in, 242–43, 249, 272–73, 276, 303, 314, 375–76
scientific precedent for, 229
situational awareness regained in, 274–75
by truckers, 323
Utah legislature debates on, 295–99, 300–305
theta waves, 33
Thievery Corporation, 31, 62
Thoreau, Henry David, 376
Tilburg, Netherlands, 65
Tingey, Michael, 298, 299
T-Mobile, 181–82, 371
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation), 31
Transportation Department, U.S., 374–75, 381–82
Treisman, Anne Taylor, 98–99, 101–2
and attention filter, 104–6
building on work of, 122, 123, 125
reality based on attention, 220
Tremonton, Utah, 42–43
Twitter, 70
Tyson (co-worker), 110, 111
Utah:
alcohol laws in, 161
House of Representatives, 295–99, 300–305
phones and driving in, 276, 296, 298
political reality in, 250, 296
residence in, 28
teen drivers in crashes in, 25
texting and driving ban in, 190–91, 305, 315, 317–18
trials in, 272–73
Utah Supreme Court, 253
van Gogh, Vincent, 65
variable or intermittent reinforcement, 198–99
Verizon Wireless, 124, 156, 160, 162
Vernon, Chad, 19
veterans, research studies of, 353
Vickrey, Dan, 68
video consumption, 86
video games:
addiction to, 194, 197, 373
and multitasking, 381
research with, 122, 194–95, 284–85, 360, 361
Wagner, Anthony, 127
Warner, Alan, 133–34, 149, 150–51, 173
Warner, Alyssa, 173–74, 342
Warner, Jayme, 47–48, 134, 172, 173, 206, 261, 340–41, 342, 343–44
Warner, Katie, 342
Warner, Taylor, 172–73, 174, 261, 340–42
Warner, Terryl, 129–36, 340–44
and Alan, 133–34
apology desired by, 213, 304
and court case, 240, 270, 278; see also State v. Reggie Shaw
driving accident of, 293, 294
early years of, see Danielson, Terryl
enthusiasm of, 173–74, 261
family of, 149–52, 172–76
and Hartman, 152–53
and Jackie, 136, 147, 153, 206, 207, 259
LDS mission in Costa Rica, 131
memos from, 207–9, 213, 223, 227
persistence of, 223, 227–28, 245, 278, 289–90, 293–94, 301, 318
and Reggie’s accident, 47–48, 223, 225–28, 293–94
and Reggie’s testimony, 303–4
as strong-willed, 130, 132, 134
and television, 174–75, 259–61
and Utah legislature, 301–2, 303–4
as victim advocate, 48, 129, 131–33, 135–36, 207–8, 376
Warner family, and competitions, 172, 206, 261, 340–42
Washington, state law against texting and driving, 189, 212
Watson, Jason, 334, 336, 337, 338–39, 356
Watson, John, 102
Western Union, 64
White, Gaylyn, 82, 90–93, 95, 237–38
White, Russell, 82
Wick, Michael “Taylor,” 97
Wilhite, Brent, 331
Williams, Alan, 110, 111
Willmore, Thomas:
and court hearings, 241, 263, 270–74, 276–78, 288
and Les Misérables, 241, 306, 316, 324
and plea agreement, 267, 290, 306–7, 308–9, 311, 314–16
and Reggie’s case, 236, 241, 303, 320, 324, 330
rulings on motions, 266
Wimmer, Carl, 191, 296, 298, 300, 302, 305
Wimmer, Nadine, 294
Windsor, Bill, 282, 283
Wisdom 2.0 conference, 374
work, media interruptions of, 70
World War II:
pilots in, 4, 5, 99, 101, 122–23, 219
technology in, 98–100, 141, 143–44
Wozniak, Steve, 68
Wyatt, Scott, 135, 318
Yale study, “Are Internet and Video-game-playing Addictive Behaviors?,” 193–94, 197–98
Yonk, Kaylene, 289–94, 302, 307, 314
Young, Brigham, 42, 382
Zero Fatalities, 319, 331
Zundel, Jason, 44
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MATT RICHTEL reports for the New York Times, covering a range of issues, including the impact of technology on our lives. In 2010 he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of articles that exposed the pervasive risks of distracted driving and its root causes, prompting widespread reform. He is the author of three novels, including, mostly recently, The Cloud. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Columbia Journalism School, he is based in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife, Meredith Barad, a neurologist, and their two children.
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