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Recently a study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute revealed that drivers who text on the road are 23 times more likely to get into an accident. To put that into perspective, a slightly intoxicated driver is significantly less likely to get in an accident than a driver who texts. Recently 4 senators came forward developing legislature that threatened to reduce funding to states if they did not introduce laws banning texting while driving. Lawmakers are beginning to study the effects of texting and other distractions while driving, and I would assume that they will find it a danger to the public. In California a commuter train crashed because the conductor was texting on the job. 25 people died from this wreck.
This has become a growing issue with the development of cellular phone technology. Now our phones are not just phones, but cameras, video cameras, and even MP3 players. These distractions are not needed on the highway or even a city street for that matter because the driver becomes more focused on communicating with someone outside of the car. If these drivers, that text, are more dangerous than drunk drivers, then we must take legislative action against texting while driving. In the mean time if you receive a text and you are operating your vehicle, pull over before you text back or simply wait until you get home. There is no reason to risk your life over a sentence that can wait a few minutes later.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm (VA-NC law offices) edits the injury law blogs Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk Injuryboard, as well as the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard as a pro bono service to consumers. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY, who handle car, truck, railroad, and medical negligence cases and more.
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Our VA personal injury lawyers have been selected for many accolades.
Two of the attorneys with our Virginia Beach accident injury law firm, James Lewis and Rick Shapiro, have been named the Best Lawyers in America since 2008. Two of our VA injury lawyers -- Lewis and Shapiro - have been named to Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury since 2010. In addition, Lewis and Shapiro have been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009.
Our VA accident injury law firm was the first in the commonwealth nvited to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Rick Shapiro was named as one of the Top 100 Injury Lawyers in Virginia by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
In October, 2000 our law firm and co-counsel obtained what was then the largest verdict in Virginia's history for an injured person. Our brain damaged client received an initial award of $46 million that rose to $60 million with interest when the defendant abandoned an appeal and agreed to settle.
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Our personal injury lawyers handle personal injury cases throughout the eastern USA, and work closely with lawyers in other states on signficant injury cases.
In Virginia, this includes Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Roanoke, Salem, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Ashland, Big Stone Gap, and every community on the Eastern Shore, including Accomack, Onancock, Chincoteauge, Wachapreague, and Cape Charles, Bloxom, Eastville, Exmore, Greenbackville, Machipongo, Mappsville, Melfa, Nassawadox, Onley, Tangier, Temperanceville, Wachapreague and Wallops Island.
In West Virginia, we can handle personal injury claims in Bluefield, Beckley, Bridgeport, Charles Town, Charleston, Fairmont, Huntington, Lewisburg, Madison, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville, Parkersburg, Ripley, Sutton, Weirton, Wheeling and any other town or county.
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