Serious and Fatal Injuries Caused by Distracted Driving

Schools are out, people are on vacation, so what can be better than packing up the family for a fun drive to the beach? Unfortunately, this perfect plan can turn tragic when someone behind you receives a text, a call or needs to change playlists. Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent, at 55 mph, of the length of an entire football field. Studies have shown that driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with a driver by 37 percent. Drivers are 23 times more likely to crash while texting and driving. Unfortunately, more than 9 people are killed due to distracted driving, each day and more than 1060 people are injured in car accidents that involve a distracted driver.

Our Advice to You

If you or a loved one have recently been seriously or fatally injured by a distracted driver, please contact one of our motor vehicle accident attorneys at Warshauer Woodward Atkins. We can fight for you in recovering your losses by the negligence of another.