Distracted driving is a bad habit for many travelers. It seems like we never take enough time to prepare for our activities. Operating a vehicle with other things occupying your focus or your mind is bad enough. What’s even worse is driving in a distracted state with children. Springer & Lyle has experience dealing with personal injury cases due to distracted driving. From what we’ve observed, here are some tips to avoid driving distracted with children. Prepare for your Day Before Getting in the Vehicle The car is not the place to hand out breakfast, review homework, or style your … [Read more...]
How to Minimize Distracted Driving with Children
Distracted driving is a bad habit for many travelers. It seems like we never take enough time to prepare for our activities. Operating a vehicle with other things occupying your focus or your mind is bad enough. What’s even worse is driving in a distracted state with children. Springer & Lyle has experience dealing with personal injury cases due to distracted driving. From what we’ve observed, here are some tips to avoid driving distracted with children. Prepare for your Day Before Getting in the Vehicle The car is not the place to hand out breakfast, review homework, or style your … [Read more...]
It’s Not Just Texting That Distracts Drivers
Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of death and injury in a motor vehicle. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 3,477 deaths and 391,000 injuries caused by distracted driving in 2015. In the age of the smartphone, most think of texting as the only distraction. Personal injury attorneys at Spring & Lyle have seen many other activities distract drivers. What should you consider distracted driving? According to the CDC, a distraction is anything that takes your attention away from driving. It could be a direct or indirect distraction. These activities can cause … [Read more...]
Don’t Drive Distracted: Advice from A Personal Injury Attorney
Distracted driving can be disastrous for yourself and others. You need to be aware of your surroundings. It’s the best way to prevent accidents and avoid personal injury. Many people drive distracted every day and don’t even realize it. Things tend to capture the driver’s attention on the road. Here are the most common ways distracted driving causes personal injury. Using Cellphones While Driving Texting and driving has grown to be a major problem. Since the evolution of cellphones, fatal accidents have been happening. Texting isn’t the only problem. Even making a quick phone call takes your … [Read more...]
Facts About Texting While Driving
Distracted driving involves driving a motor vehicle while engaged in another activity like eating, smoking or talking on a cell phone. The attorneys at Springer and Lyle have represented many victims of distracted driving crashes, and they're well aware of the fact that texting while driving is the most dangerous form of distracted driving. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), 3,154 people were killed in distracted driving car and truck accidents in 2013, and 424,000 others were injured. Driving a car involves use of your visual, manual and … [Read more...]
Phones Aren’t The Only Cause Of Distracted Driving
With new laws, increased penalties and enforcement, along with public service messages, Springer & Lyle believes the public is getting the message about the dangers of cell phone use and texting while driving. However, more reminders are needed about the dangers of distracted driving in general. These distractions involve eating, changing music or radio channels, using navigation systems, attending to personal hygiene and even putting on makeup. The list can go on. Whenever a driver diverts their focus from driving, they're reducing their effectiveness and risking their own personal … [Read more...]
Involved in a Distracted Driving Accident? Seek Legal Assistance
Distracted driving claimed 3,477 lives in 2015, and since then, approximately 9 people are killed by distracted driving every day and a 1,000 more are injured from it in the U.S. We lead busy lives, and sometimes the commute to work seems like the time to touch-up your makeup, deal with business on your phone, or grab a bite to eat. A driver doesn’t need to be doing something illegal to be responsible for distracted driving since they are liable only if they are negligent. Driving while distracted is negligence. All it takes is a second to stop looking at or paying attention to the road. … [Read more...]
New Texas Distracted Driving Law to Take Effect
Distracted driving is a growing trend in the US, bordering on becoming an epidemic. We have all driven by somebody holding a cell phone, or more frighteningly, somebody looking down at their phone to type a message. With more wireless gadgets available, drivers' focus and attention are not always on the road where they should be. According to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, distracted driving is the cause of 23% of all car crashes in the United States. Cell phone use, particularly texting, causes more distracted driving incidents than does talking to other passengers, eating, or … [Read more...]
Happy Stop The Texts Day!
Distracted driving is a real scourge in our society. Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, has declared today #StopTheTextsDay asking Twitter for ideas on how best to fight this menace and convince people to put down the phone and drive. Celebrities like Kasey Khane have even released public service announcements with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urging drivers to “STOP THE TEXTS STOP THE WRECKS.” Unfortunately, distracted driving isn’t just a problem amongst consumers. Many employers still have policies that allow, or even encourage employees to use their cell … [Read more...]