Law enforcement has their own way of honoring Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Coming this April, the five-year anniversary of the law that prohibits motorist from using their phone while driving, California policemen will be increasing the amount of tickets they issue. Calling it a “blitz of California freeways”, this [...]
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According to one DWI attorney in Houston, the answer is yes. “In 2014, 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured due to car accidents involving distracted drivers and the number is rising every year. Drunk driving claimed 9,967 lives in 2014 and was responsible for only 290,000 injuries, a number that decreases each [...]
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Distracted driving is an increasingly risky behavior that occurs any time a driver takes their eyes off the road, hands off the wheel or mind off the task of driving. With cell phone technology at its’ peak and more immediate distractions in our vehicles than ever, drivers engage in secondary tasks during more than half […]
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Bringing new life into the world is a life-altering event. The way you once lived quickly becomes ancient and your worries are no longer centered around just yourself, but the newborn who you now are responsible to take care of. This mindset might be the most prevalent among mothers who suddenly are willingly to give […]
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The likelihood of a car crash increases drastically with the occurrence of distracted driving. There are three main types of distracted driving activities that could divert a person’s attention away from the primary task of driving; visual, manual and cognitive. Distracted driving occurs any time a driver takes their eyes off the [...]
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Distracted driving has evolved into the modern day arch-nemesis of safe driving. With phones becoming so irresistible that drivers, and in particular teens, cannot keep their attention away from them while operating their vehicles, more and more defense strategies are being thought up to try and combat the deadly epidemic. Among those [...]
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The world of smart phones has taken over this generation. Kids are getting them at a younger age, and the people are becoming more dependent on them. Just walking around crowded areas like the mall or sports venues, we have learned to be able to maneuver with our head down and both hands tied to […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol reported that state troopers issued 11,992 traffic citations to drivers who were engaging in distracted driving cell phone behavior including talking without hands-free technology, texting, reading and all other non-voice-activated communication in 2012. Fortunately, statistics and numbers show that issuing such [...]
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The ones responding to distracted driving accidents might in fact be the ones causing them these days. According to reports and statistics, on average, a crash occurs about every other day as a result of an emergency vehicle operators driving distracted. In 2010, an officer rammed into the back of a taxi at speeds excessive […]
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Randall L. Stephenson, chairman and chief executive of AT&T, spoke to hundreds of representatives, executives and investors at a conference Wednesday in San Francisco. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the state of the telecom business, but Stephenson instead began his speech with a request to raise awareness about distracted [...]
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