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Some of our readers, perhaps many, have heard of the social media platform called Snapchat. For those who haven\u2019t, Snapchat is an image messaging application that allows users to take videos and pictures which are live for only a matter of seconds before they disappear. The app doesn\u2019t support saving received messages, but it is possible to capture screenshots of the images.<\/p>\n

Snapchat has been criticized for encouraging people to send inappropriate content without repercussion. Now, it seems, the company is being sued<\/a> for encouraging distracted driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Georgia man who was struck by a teenager using the program is accusing the company of negligence.\u00a0The accident apparently occurred when the 18-year-old\u2019s vehicle was travelling at over 100 miles per hour\u2014specifically 107 m.p.h., according to accident reconstruction specialists. The teen apparently had three friends in her vehicle at the time of the crash. He claims she had been using a Snapchat feature which allows users to clock the speed of vehicles in an attempt to push her vehicle to higher speeds. As a result of the crash, the man apparently suffered a traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n

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