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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING INCREASES RISK OF CRASH

Posted by: Micah Adkins
August 11, 2009
Topic: CAR ACCIDENTS

A recent study has confirmed what most drivers already know, texting while driving increases the risk of a crash.  The increased usage of cell phones for calling, texting and surfing the web can be a major distraction for drivers.  One study has found that texting while driving increases the risk of a crash by as much as twenty times.  An article summarizing this report can be found here.
 
The same study also suggests that the "hands free" mode while driving is just as dangerous as talking with the phone up to your ear because both are considered a cognitive distraction from driving.  
 
Our firm represents people that have been injured in car, truck and motorcycle wrecks.  During litigation, we review cell phone records of the drivers involved in the car or truck accident.  Far too often, we discover that the driver that caused the accident was on the cell phone at the time the accident occurred.  
 
If you or a loved phone have been injured in a car wreck and have suffered catastrophic injuries or have been hospitalized, contact attorney Micah Adkins for a free case evaluation.

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