How to become a "Safer Driver"

As a responsible personal injury law firm, it is our wish that everyone drives safer, and take necessary steps to be more careful while driving.

A leading factor in recent auto accidents, that have led to personal injuries and bodily harm, both to drivers and pedestrians, has been texting while driving. As reported by HealthDay News on 09-272010, recent government research shows that fatalities caused by auto accidents involving texting and cell phone distractions increased by 28 percent over the span of three years, from 2005 to 2008.

It is estimated that a four billion text messages are exchanged every day amongst Americans, many of which originate while driving. HealthDay News quoted lead researcher Fernando Wilson, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, as saying in the report of his findings: "The increases in distracted driving seem to be largely driven by increased use of cell phones to text... Overall use of cell phones have been pretty steady, but texting volumes have increased dramatically in the last few years." This information that was published in wired.PR.News.com is not new to most of us. brain injury, fractures, paralysis, or even wrongful death.Texting and driving has become a daily habit for most drivers, and a very dangerous habit indeed. Trying to use the phone to text can distract the driver from watching the road, causing car accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, or even collisions with pedestrians.

The injuries sustained in accidents caused by texting related distractions are usually of more catastrophic nature. These involve brain injury , fractures, paralysis, and possibly wrongful death.

The personal injury attorneys at the Pacific Attorney Group would like to suggest to simply pull over to text, instead of texting while driving. As always, the experienced staff of personal injury lawyers at our office are here to assist, if you have been a victim of an accident and have sustained injuries.