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10/1/2011
Ottie Allgood
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Distracted Teen Drivers Responsible for Hundreds of Fatal Accidents

Car and Driver Magazine conducted an experiment at an abandoned air field that demonstrated that texting while driving has a bigger impact on safety than driving drunk. That truth becomes even more chilling when you consider that 46 percent of teen drivers admit to texting while driving. If a driver is texting for 6 seconds, they will travel the length of a football field, during which time their eyes will be on their phone for 4.6 seconds. 

It is no wonder, then, that a bill currently before Congress, that would impose many more restrictions on teen drivers, has received widespread public support, according to the Jere Beasley Report. The proposal is part of a larger bill known as Mariah's Law, named after a teen killed in an accident involving texting.

On August 29, 2007, Danny Oates was killed by a teen driver who was texting at the time of the accident. Unfortunately, this type of wrongful death due to the negligence of another driver is an all too common occurrence in our technologically advanced society. 

Mariah's Law is an attempt to reduce the number of these wrongful death cases. Some of the restrictions it imposes are a three-phase license system, limits on number of nonfamily passengers, limits on unsupervised nighttime driving, and prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving. The law would limit the distractions teen drivers would face on the road during those first three risky years of driving, allowing teen drivers to focus on the road instead of on their phones and friends.

Distractions are everywhere on the road, and it is good to minimize them as much as possible. The severe consequences that result from negligently texting which driving are only more likely to occur when inexperienced teen drivers are behind the wheel. As experienced Virginia personal injury attorneys, my colleagues and I have seen the difficulty and struggles victims have to go through as a consequence of negligent and distracted drivers.    

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Category: Car Accident Lawyers & Motorcycle Accident Attorneys

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About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia Beach, VA-based injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and we have handled thousands of car accident, truck wreck, and motorcycle crash cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself.

We've handled car accident cases throughout Virginia including Richmond, Fairfax, Alexandria, and the Hampton Roads region including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Suffolk.

Our primary office is in Virginia Beach at the intersection of Diamond Springs Road and Northampton Boulevard. We also have an office on Eaton Street in Hampton. All of our accident injury attorneys were raised in Virginia and have deep roots with the community.

Our Virginia injury law firm has been recognized as one of the best injury law firms in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report since 2010. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed on the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Rick and Jim were named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive. In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.

We also offer free special reports on distracted driving and the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in Virginia.

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free, initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us at 1-800-752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail and we will get back to you shortly.




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