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Text or Drive, but Never Text and Drive

https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/personal-injury/text-and-drive/<br>According to statistics, text and drive causes 1,600,000 accidents and 330,000 injuries per year in the United States. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists are the most prevalent victims of text and drive collisions, according to reports. When you text while driving, your focus is fragmented or completely distracted when your eyes are taken away from the road.<br>

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Text or Drive, but Never Text and Drive

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  1. Text or Drive, but Never Text and Drive  https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/personal‐injury/text‐and‐drive/  According to statistics, text and drive causes 1,600,000 accidents and 330,000 injuries per year in the  United States. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists are the most prevalent victims of text and drive  collisions, according to reports. When you text while driving, your focus is fragmented or completely  distracted when your eyes are taken away from the road.  textanddrive    Text or Drive, but Never Text and Drive  https://www.lezdotechmed.com/blog/personal‐injury/text‐and‐drive/  Imagine that you are driving at 55 miles per hour, texting and then driving may appear to be a five‐second  chore, but in those five seconds, you will have traveled the length of a football field. Now you would have  understood how dangerous it is to text and drive. There are three types of distractions occurring in texting  and driving accidents. They are visual distraction, manual distraction, and cognitive distraction. In a  nutshell, texting and driving distract your eyes, hands, and your mind.  According to a survey released by the US Department of Transportation, drivers between the ages of 20  and 29 are the most likely to text while driving. The alarming statistic is that 11 teen deaths occur every  day due to texting and driving, compared to eight teen deaths per day as a result of DUI‐related crashes.  You have the legal right to sue someone who is texting while driving and causing you injuries. In a  negligence claim or texting and driving case, the law assists texting and driving accident victims to recover  damages. The victim should take the help of a personal injury attorney specializing in motor vehicle  accidents  like  distracted  driving,    aggravated  DUI,  rear‐end  collisions,  T‐bone  accidents,  pedestrian  accidents, truck accidents, etc.  The attorney would evaluate and identify the possibilities of filing a personal injury lawsuit. Once the claim  is strong enough, the attorney would thoroughly analyze the damages you have sustained due to the  defendant's negligent driving and prepare a demand letter. The letter would reflect the compensation  amount you demand and it is sent to the defendant parties, including the insurance carrier.  If the defendant agrees to pay the victim a deserving settlement, the case will be settled outside the court.  If the victim is not offered a fair payout, the case will move towards trial. Like any other personal injury  claim, medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, loss of income, loss of wages, emotional distress, disability,  etc. are some of the damages covered in a text‐and‐drive lawsuit.  It's possible that the defendant will argue that texting while driving had nothing to do with the accident.  The claimant must show that the defendant was sending or receiving a text message at the moment of  the collision or close to it. To substantiate the claim, the defendant's cell phone data might be acquired  to establish that texting was a factor in the accident. When a driver was texting and causing an accident,  traffic cameras may have captured the moment.   

  2. Although several states have passed anti‐texting legislation prohibiting drivers from texting while driving, Although several states have passed anti‐texting legislation prohibiting drivers from texting while driving,  the number of automobile accidents caused by distracted drivers has not dropped. Simply put, these laws  have not proven to be as helpful in stopping this behavior as planned.      textinganddriving   distracteddriving   textanddriveaccidents    textanddrivestatistics    textanddrivelaw    isitillegaltotextanddrive   textinganddrivingfacts    textinganddrivingdangers   statisticsfortextinganddriving   whytextinganddrivingisdangerous    textinganddrivingconsequences   

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