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Texting and driving is one of the most dangerous activities a driver can do behind the wheel.

In fact, some studies, including one sponsored by Car and Drive Magazine, have documented that sending a text while driving makes a driver up to nine times more impaired than one who is legally drunk.

Many states are now banning texting while driving for teens and adults. But the seriousness of the problem has not gone away.

Consider these statistics:

• A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study found that people who text and drive are more than 20 times more likely to be in an auto accident.
• Teen car crashes are responsible for more young people’s deaths than any other cause. Cell phone and texting use while driving is only increasing the problem.
• A research report from Nationwide Insurance found that about half of all drivers age 16-17 admit to texting while driving.
• A Clemson University study found that teens who text spend 10 percent of their driving time outside their designated lane of traffic.
• It’s not just a teen issue, however. More than 50 percent of adults over the age of 21 say they either read or send text messages (or both) while behind the wheel, according to the Pew Internet American Life Project.

Types of Accidents Associated With Texting and Driving

Texting and driving can mean serious driver distraction. The types of accidents often linked to texting drivers include:
• Rear-end accidents
• Failure-to-yield accidents
• Lane-change accidents
•Pedestrian-vehicle accidents
• Rollover accidents

Injuries from these types of accidents can range from minor bumps and bruises to serious brain or spinal injury, and even death.

Compensation for a Texting and Driving Accident

A growing field in personal injury law is representation of people who have been injured in a vehicle accident caused by a distracted driver who was texting while driving.

A standard request on behalf of a texting and driving attorney will be to request cell phone/text message records from all drivers involved in a crash. The focus, of course, will be on the day and time of the accident in question. Even when a personal injury lawsuit is not a factor, many insurance companies are now requesting these types of records as well before paying for property damages.

Have you been injured in a car accident because of a driver’s cell phone use or texting activities? You may be able to receive substantial financial compensation for your hospital and doctor bills, loss of income, and emotional and physical pain.

Originally published here.

If you live in Brooklyn, Bronx, Long Island or Manhattan, please visit the website of New York accident attorneys Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C.

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