Tag Archives: distracted driving
Driving While in Florida
In 2011, at least 23% of car accidents involved cell phones in the U.S. — that equates to 1.3 million crashes. According to the Official US Government Website for Distracted Driving, as of December 2013, 153.3 billion texts were sent in the US each month. A survey created by the Florida Department of Transportation… Read More »
Commercial Vehicle Drivers Banned from Using Handheld Mobile Devices
Smartphone technology has greatly benefited commercial drivers. Mobile devices allow long-haul drivers to stay connected to loved ones during extended absences. In some cases, the job requires truck drivers to remain in contact with supervisors and customers, a duty made more convenient by the cellphone. Mobile phones also give drivers crucial access to immediate… Read More »
Tired Driving Can Have Fatal Consequences
Earlier this year, a tractor-trailer driver set off a chain auto accident on Illinois I-88 Tollway that killed a Tollway worker and injured a state trooper. Crash investigators determined that truck driver Renato Velasquez had slept for only three-and-a-half hours and had been working for 38 hours at the time of the accident. They… Read More »
Texting While Driving — A Dangerous Combination
In a video caught by a Fort Myers police dashboard camera, a car is seen swerving, veering over the divider lane, travelling at unsteady slow to quicker speeds, unnecessarily applying the brakes, running over the curb, and eventually hitting a telephone pole and a tree before flipping upside down. Miraculously, the man crawled from… Read More »