In article , Rod Speed
wrote:


The driver doesn't have to admit it, and in some cases they're dead so
couldn't even if they wanted to. It's quite easy for police to get
cellphone connection times and see the phone was in use (and what use)
at the time of the accident - it's been done in numerous cases already.

if the exact time of the crash can't be determined (and it usually can't),

It can mostly be determined accurately enough to see
whether the driver was texting at the time of the accident.

no it can't.

unless there's surveillance video with an accurate timestamp or
witnesses with a time reference (i.e., 911 calls coming in), it's
nothing more than a guess.

then there's no way to know if a phone was in use at the time
of the crash. it also could have been used by a passenger.

Not when there was no passenger.

that's why i said could and not was.