Liability In Accident Types
If an accident victim was hit by another driver who was on the phone or texting, there Phoenix personal injury attorney has a strong argument that by using the phone alone, they were at fault. It must be noted that for a Phoenix personal injury attorney to make a case argument about the dangers of cell phone use while driving, they must be able to show that the person who caused the accident was in fact using such a device at the time of the crash.
A landmark 2007 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that 78 percent all traffic accidents involve some form of driver attention, with cell phones and text message devices the most rapid increasing form of distraction. Based on all these studies, the NTSB has issued a warning against driving and phone use.
The explanation for the increased risk of an accident while using a cell phone is the obvious drop in concentration while talking or texting on the phone. When a person performs two tasks at once the brain has a dramatically reduced ability to perform either one.
Despite the massive lobbying efforts by the cell phone industry, a number of states and local jurisdictions have enacted laws making it illegal to drive while using some or all kinds of hand held communications devices.
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