Abogados de Teléfonos Celulares y Accidentes de Texting en Central Jersey
Cell Phone Accident Lawyers Experienced Serving Injured Victims Throughout Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Union County and Beyond
Using mobile devices to text, make calls, or browse the Internet is one of the most common forms of distracted driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 404 people were killed and 33,000 injured in the United States in accidents related to cell phone use in 2014.
New Jersey prohibits all drivers from using handheld cell phones or texting. texting while driving, however, many drivers continue to talk and text on the road. Multiple studies show that driving and talking on a hands-free device is no safer than driving while holding a phone. While evidence of the dangers of talking and texting while driving continues to build, innocent people are being harmed in motor vehicle accidents caused by the actions of distracted drivers.
Experienced Legal Help for the Injured
The attorneys at Lombardi & Lombardi, PA, have experience representing clients who were injured in accidents caused by another driver’s cell phone use and texting. We work with respected experts who can analyze the evidence and offer authoritative opinions on whether the other driver’s actions caused the accident.
Our law firm has more than 35 years of experience and an impressive record of success. We have obtained more than $400 million in verdicts and settlements for our clients, including those injured by distracted drivers. We have the resources, skills and experience to help you. To arrange a free initial consultation and case evaluation, please call any of our offices or contact us online.
The problem with texting and driving
- Reading, composing and sending texts while driving pose significant risks.
- Texting and driving cause 1.6 million accidents per year according to the National Safety Council
- Texting and driving is responsible for 330,000 injuries per year according to the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study
- Texting takes your eyes off the road for at least five seconds. In five seconds at 55 miles per hour, a texting driver would cover the length of a football field without ever looking at the road.
Texting while driving: as dangerous as DWI
- Drivers who text have a hard time staying in their lane and maintaining a constant speed. Multiple studies have compared the performance of those who text behind the wheel to those who drive under the influence of alcohol.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that texting while driving increases the likelihood of an accident by 23 percent. That’s almost the same as driving after consuming four drinks.
- An experiment conducted by Car and Driver magazine showed that both reading and texting while driving were more dangerous than driving while intoxicated.
Talking on the phone while driving
- Talking on a mobile device while driving is also dangerous, even if you use a hands-free device.
- A University of Utah study found that “the impairments associated with cell phone use while driving may be as profound as those associated with driving while drunk.” Drivers talking on cell phones “reacted more slowly…and were involved in more accidents” than those who drove while intoxicated. The difference between those using handheld and hands-free mobile devices was negligible.
- Another study found that drivers talking on cell phones took 40 percent longer to react to seeing a pedestrian in a crosswalk, whether they were talking on a hands-free phone or a handheld device.
Contact Lombardi and Lombardi, P.A., PA
If the accident that injured you involved a driver who was texting or talking on a cell phone, it is important to speak with an attorney about your case. Contact Lombardi & Lombardi, PA, to arrange a free initial consultation and case evaluation.
From our offices in Edison, Brick, and Freehold, our personal injury attorneys represent people injured in motor vehicle accidents in New Jersey.
