Auto Accidents
The impact an auto accident can have on someone
can be tremendous and costly. Auto accident injuries occur
on a large scale every day. Gregg Price understands the complexities
that auto accidents
entail, including both legal and insurance matters. Determining
who is
at fault for a auto accident can be difficult do to the
many factors an
auto accident can involve.
Many causes of car accident collisions are due to:
drunk driving
drowsiness
negligence
distractions
cell phone misuse
aggressive driving
poor road conditions
mechanical failure
speeding
One major accident causing distraction from above is misuse of cell
phones. Research studies show that the number of cell phone
subscribers
has grown from 94 million in the year 2000 to about 130
million today.
It is therefore not hard to imagine how many of them use
their cell
phone while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
(NHTSA) reports that 85 percent of these cell phone subscribers
talk on
the phone while they are operating a car. It has also been
estimated
that 6 percent of automobile accidents per year are caused
by drivers
talking on their cell phone. This means that a total of
2,600 people
will die in cell-phone related car accidents this year.
Around 98 percent of reported accidents involve a single distracted driver concentrating not on the road, but rather on one of the following Rubbernecking (16%), Driver Fatigue (12%), Surroundings (10%), Child/Passenger Distraction (9%), Adjusting Radio/CD (7%), Cell Phone (6%) If you have been involved in a car accident that was, in your opinion, caused by an inattentive driver using a cell phone, you need the experience and knowledge of our lawyers to investigate your case to the fullest.