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Texting While Driving...Simply a Bad Mix. The Texting & Driving Epidemic
Without any doubt, distracted driving is an epidemic in this country. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that 800,000 vehicle were driven by someone using a cell phone in 2008, that 6,000 people died in distracted-driving-related vehicle crashes, and that 500,000 were injured. Last September, Dr. Despina Stavrinos, a researcher at UAB, and Russ Fine, Ph.D., director of the UAB University Transportation Center, organized the summit and did a great job. Alabama was the first state to respond to the Secretary’s challenge to begin a national debate on the practice of driving while distracted by the ubiquitous technology of today.
Distracted driving is often equated with drunk driving. It will take a consistent combination of education, effective enforcement, a committed judiciary and collective efforts by local, state, and national advocates to put a dent in the problem. A growing number of states have legislation pending banning distracted driving in one form or another.
The danger is most acute among young drivers who have grown up surrounded by hand-held electronic technology. The Pew Research Center says that 70% of 16 and 17 year olds admit they’ve been in a car while the driver was texting. Most teens have been texting or using hand-held electronics since they were nine or ten years old. They are now getting behind the wheel of a car. Parents need to set clear ground rules for teenage drivers, and then enforce them. Teens need to exert peer pressure and tell friends they won’t ride with them if they text. Employers need to let employees travel to destinations without interruption. And all of us need to use some common sense every time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle.
The Nacol Law Firm knows how to prepare a successful case for you or your loved one. Attorney Michael Nacol has successfully obtained multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of trucking accident clients. Michael Nacol at the Nacol Law Firm has a long history of successfully handling trucking accident cases on behalf of people like you. From the time you hire our firm, through settlement or trial, we will treat you like family, fight for you against negligent truck drivers and trucking companies and make sure that you and your family are treated fairly and get full compensation for your loss.
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