Woman Loses Her Life – Could Text Messaging Be The Culprit?
Research has shown that your reaction time while driving is slower when you’re talking on your cell phone than when you’re drunk. What’s worse it that I’ve seen people text messaging while driving – incredible. People who drive while using cell phones usually exhibit one of two behaviors. They either slow down to below the speed limit or they drift. This disrupts the flow of traffic which makes the roads more dangerous for us all. What’s worse, texting while driving means you’re not paying attention to the road. Not paying attention to the road while you’re driving is negligent and can subject you to legal liability for any injuries that your negligence causes.
Saturday night Feb. 7th, Cameron James, a 27-year-old South Carolina woman lost her life in a car accident on I-95 as she traveled northbound in an SUV driven by Dyquan Dukes. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the vehicle swerved “sharply to the left to avoid slower traffic but then went over a guardrail on the northwest side.” Cameron James was not wearing her seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle as it rolled. Nothing in the story indicates that Dyquan Dukes was text messaging while driving, but what is most likely is that the driver was not paying sufficient attention to the road for whatever reason. Whether or not a jury would consider the driver negligent would certainly depend on the precise reason for the accident.
This tragedy is an unfortunate example of the all too common occurrence of drivers not paying sufficient attention to the road while driving. Please think about it before you make a phone call or a text message while driving. To learn more about negligence and the law, visit our website and browse our informative video library.
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