{"id":1645,"date":"2007-11-12T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T10:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/cell_phones_driving_dangers\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:10:47","slug":"cell-phones-driving-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/cell-phones-driving-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phones- Driving Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our serious injury lawyers are frequently litigating car collision cases in which the driver causing the serious injury was using a cell phone while operating the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Research has consistently shown that operating an automobile while talking on a cell phone, either hand-held or hands-free, increases the risk of an accident by three to four times that normally experienced by attentive drivers.  The general consensus of the scientific community is that there is little, if any, difference in crash rates involving hands-free versus hand-held cell phones.  The very fact that one is engaged in a two-way conversation on a cellular phone, not the fact that one is holding the phone, is what causes a cognitive distraction which leads to the increased rates of collisions.  Scientists have named this condition  \u201cinattention blindness\u201d.  This condition inhibits drivers\u2019 abilities to detect changes in road conditions while they are carrying on a two-way conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Several states and several communities have worked in a variety of ways to reduce dangers caused by this driver distraction.  The highest standard prohibits use of any hand-held cellular phone but permits drivers to use hand-free devices.  The District of Columbia, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York have adopted this standard.  Eight states have banned school bus drivers from talking on any type of cellular device.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/cell-phones-driving-dangers\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Cell Phones- Driving Dangers\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our serious injury lawyers are frequently litigating car collision cases in which the driver causing the serious injury was using a cell phone while operating the vehicle. 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