Dangers Of Talking On A Cell Phone While Driving in DFW

The Fort Worth and Dallas area is a fast-paced place to live. More and more people use their cell phones to handle important tasks and catch up with friends and family while they’re multitasking with other activities. Unfortunately, driving is one of them and talking on a cell phone while driving is extremely dangerous. The personal injury lawyers at the Anderson Law Firm see on a daily basis the how much destruction talking on a cell phone and driving can cause. Many of our accident victims have been hurt in accidents caused by distracted drivers fiddling on their cell phones.

States take action on talking on a cell phone and driving.
The dangers of talking on a cell phone and driving are so significant that as of June 2011, 9 states have outright banned talking on a handheld cell phone and driving; limiting your cell phone use to hands-free kits only. Other states place restrictions on whether or not certain people can use cell phones while driving at all, including school bus drivers or student drivers. These states recognize that the dangers of talking on a cell phone and driving are serious enough to warrant litigation to regulate cell phone use while driving.

Talking on a cell phone and driving is as dangerous as drunk driving.
Studies have proven that talking on a cell phone and driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. Drivers using phones are four times more likely to cause a car wreck than those not using phones; a number which correlates roughly to drunk driving accidents. Talking on a cell phone and driving causes close to 3,000 fatalities every year, and nearly 350,000 accidents that result in injury. 1.4 million crashes each year are caused by people talking on cell phones.

Drivers overestimate their ability to multitask.
A new study indicates that many drivers overestimate their ability to multitask. Ironically, drivers worry about other people on the road indulging in the very same dangerous behaviors, while simultaneously believing that they are not at risk of causing an accident when they undertake these behaviors.

Hands-free units lead to an unsafe sense of confidence.
Many people who use hands-free units falsely believe that they’re safer than those driving with handheld cell phones. In truth, it isn’t the act of holding the cell phone that’s dangerous, but instead the act of talking on the phone. When you’re talking on the cell phone while driving, your mind isn’t on the road; it’s on the conversation.

It’s much more difficult to pay attention when you’re talking with someone about your upcoming schedule, dinner plans or a list of things you need to do when you get home. Don’t assume that just because you’re using a hands-free unit, you’re safe. This overconfidence leads many people to have accidents as surely as the act of driving while talking on the phone.

The Anderson Law Firm is a sponsor if a safe driving campaign called Teens against Distracted Driving. For more information on the campaign, or if you have been injured as a result of a distracted driver, feel free to contact the Anderson Law Firm at 817-294-1900 in Fort Worth, at 214-327-8000 in Dallas or at 877-294-1115 anywhere in Texas.

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