Accidents and Cell Phones

You’ve probably heard that cell phone are dangerous when someone is driving. Distractions of any kind when driving are dangerous. Don’t even think about texting when driving!

“Death by Cell Phone” is the title of a new billboard advertisement the National Safety Council launched. A wrongful death case I had not that long ago was where the other driver was talking on their cell phone. They pulled right out in front of a man who was on a motorcyle. He was not going fast, he simply didn’t have time to avoid the wreck. He died because someone was on their cell phone.

Cell phones contributed to 6 percent of all crashes. Alabama is one of 24 states without any kind of restrictions on cell phone use while driving. In an article in the Times Daily, Meredith Morris, a spokeswoman for the National Safety Council. said that a recent study from Harvard Center of Risk Analysis which estimated the 6 percent of all crashes figure said, “Which equates to 636,000 crashes, 330,000 injuries, 12,000 serious injuries and 2,600 deaths each year.” Cell phones put drivers at four times greater risk of a crash.

I know that people will continue to use their cell phones and drive. However, use common sense. Don’t text, stop talking, and look both ways before you enter the highway. Anything that may distract you or the other driver is dangerous and can lead to an accident.

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