Texting While Driving Leads to Car, Truck or Motorcycle Accidents and Personal Injury or even Wrongful Death

Virginia personal injury attorney, Jim Hurley, reports that a recent survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that many drivers of motor vehicles regularly use their cell phones while driving, including texting, which can lead to injuries or deaths in motor vehicle crashes. The survey concluded that drivers younger than 25 are more likely than older drivers to read or send emails or text messages while driving. These younger drivers feel that this practice is not dangerous to their ability to drive but feel it is only dangerous when other drivers email or text while driving.

Moreover, the survey concluded that over 80% of passengers in a car, truck or motorcycle feel that a driver who emails or texts while driving is very unsafe. In 2010, over 3,000 deaths were caused in car crashes, truck accidents or motorcycle crashes because of driver distractions which include such things as texting or emailing by a driver on their cell phone.

Virginia law prohibits all drivers from texting while driving and it is illegal for drivers under the age of 18 to even use a cell phone.

The Norfolk based personal injury law firm, Cooper Hurley, handles automobile, truck, and motorcycle injuries. John Cooper and Jim Hurley have over 40 years of combined experience in handling auto injury accident claims. Attorney John Cooper has been named to Virginia “Super Lawyers” since 2010. Cooper Hurley represents people hurt in accidents in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and throughout VA, and always put the best interests of the our clients first.. The firm is recognized by other lawyers as “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, a national attorney rating service, for our top level of legal skill and highest ethical standards. If you need help or advice about a serious injury, please call us ( 757) 455-0077 or contact through this website.