Cell Phone Drivers May Be More Dangerous Than DUI Drivers
The Atlanta personal injury lawyers at The Griffin Law Firm, P.C. have succesfully handled thousands of car wreck injury claims since 1994. A growing trend that our injury attorneys have seen is that drivers using their cell phones are distracted drivers who often cause car wrecks throughout Atlanta, Georgia and throughout our country.
The University Of Utah did a survey in 2006 which compared drivers who were talking on their cell phones to drivers who were driving while consuming alochol to see which was the more dangersou driver. Surprisingly, the cell phone drivers showed a greater impairment in their driving than the DUI drivers in their driving course. The study further found that hands-free cell phone drivers were no better at driving than drivers who held the cell phone to their ears. The DUI drivers were found to drive slower and brake harder than the cell phone drivers. DUI drivers followed closer to the pace car than the cell phone drivers. The most surprising finding was that cell phone drivers were more likley to crash than the DUI drivers. When comparing cell phone drivers to undistracted drivers (drivers not DUI and not on their cell phones), the cell phone drivers were 5.36 times more likely to get into an accident.
Since cell phone drivers create a significantly higher risk of causing car wrecks, it is especially troubling that cell use while driving is so common. In October of 2007 Nationwide Insurance company did a survey which found that 73% of the 1200 drivers surveyed said that they did drive while using their cell phones. Cell phone use amoung the young drivers was the highest. 19% of the drivers surveyed admitted that they even text messaged while driving.
Car wrecks happen every day. In the blink of an eye your life can be turned upside down due to the negligence of another. If you have been injured, we strongly recommend that you contact our personal injury, wrongful death, worker's compensation, and social security disability attorneys as soon as possible. We will answer your legal questions with a free consultation. We also can explain to you what the possible settlement value is of your claim and explain how we can help you obtain the best possible recovery.
Call us today at 866-847-6545 or visit our website at The Griffin Law Firm, P.C. so we can discuss and evaluate your case today.
