The Dangers of Texting While Driving

If you have been injured in a Dallas-fort Worth car wreck caused by a negligent driver you should contact a board certified personal injury lawyer at the earliest opportunity so that you an be advised on your legal rights to seek compensation for your medical treatment from the at fault driver's insurance company. Mark Anderson has been helping auto accident victims across North Texas as a personal injury lawyer since 1991. For a free consultation on your personal case, call toll free at 800-354-6275 or locally at 817-294-1900.

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With the widespread use of cell phones today, a major threat is texting and driving. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted an 18-month study on the dangers of texting and driving, and found that motorists texting while driving were 23 times more likely to have an accident than if they weren't texting. If you do not believe the dangers of texting and driving, it is time for a wake-up call.

You Cover More Space Than You Expect In a Short Time
In texting-related collisions, the drivers were looking at their phones to send a text for approximately five seconds before a crash. At highway speeds, five seconds is long enough to cover a football field's length while you are looking down to text. A lot can change in that short span, including cars in front of you making lane changes, slowing down or stopping, or a curve or construction in the road.

Texting and Driving is Illegal In a Growing Number of States
Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have banned texting and driving. Several high-profile cases in the past few years, including a fatal subway collision in Boston in 2009, have increased the scrutiny of texting and driving. In December, cell phone users sent over 110 billion messages - 10 times more than December three years ago.

As text-related collisions increase, a growing number of states are expected to ban texting while driving altogether. Some studies even indicate that texting while driving is more dangerous than drunk driving - a statistic that is only going to increase in the next several years.

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Distracted Driving is Always Hazardous
Bottom line: the dangers of texting and driving are similar to the dangers posed by any kind of distracted driving. Distracted driving is the number one operator error cause of traffic accidents, and texting while driving is a particularly dangerous form because it draws the attention away for such a long period of time while driving.

Texting while driving is a big issue nation wide. If you have any questions about an accident that occured while the other driver was texting and driving contact Mark Anderson toll free at 877.294.1115 or online for a free consultation.

To see what I have been doing to prevent Texting while Driving look at my Teens Against Distracted Driving program.

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The Anderson Law Firm offers free no obligation consultations to people injured in accidents or who have suffered physical harm as a result of someone else's actions. We do not charge you to initially discuss your situation and establish whether you have a claim to pursue. You can call us and discuss your case over the phone, we can set up an appointment for you to come into our office, or we can visit you in your home anywhere in the metroplex.

If after meeting with us you decide that we are the best personal injury lawyer for you, then we will enter into a contingent fee agreement. This means that we only get paid when we win a settlement or jury verdict in your favor. You don't pay us anything up front. We will cover all expenses spent working on your case. Only when we win for you will you need to pay us. If we don't win, then you owe us nothing.

Contact us online now or call us 24 hours a day toll free on 1-800-354-MARK (1-800-345-6-275). You can also call us locally in Fort Worth on 817-294-1900 or in Dallas on 214-327-8000.

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