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We’re all familiar with the name Breathalyzer, the roadside device that measures a driver’s blood-alcohol level. Now there’s a so-called “textalyzer” device that can potentially help authorities determine whether someone involved in a motor vehicle accident was unlawfully driving while distracted by their phone. Under the first-of-its-kind legislation proposed in New York, drivers involved in accidents would have to submit their phone for roadside testing by this “textalyzer” to determine whether or not the driver was using the mobile phone ahead of the crash. In a bid to get around the Fourth Amendment right to privacy, the textalyzer allegedly would keep conversations, contacts, numbers, photos, and application data private and will only say whether the phone was in use prior to a motor-vehicle collision.