Cell Phones, Texting and Car Accidents

Bruce Bierhans

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OK. Be honest. How many times in recent memory have you been driving down the highway and seen someone (most frequently a teen age girl) with two hands on the steering wheel with two thumbs texting away!!! Not only have I seen this with alarming regularity in my commutes between my Cape and off Cape offices, but I am also seeing accident victims in the office repeating the same refrain..."I saw them on the cell phone when they hit me."

I am not customarily a fan of government regulating behavior. But ...texting in cars, and use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle are, without question, dangerous activities. If individuals do not, voluntarily, conform to safer behavior, the government will do it for us and these activities will become criminal.

As this issue develops, in the event you are injured and you suspect that a cellphone played a role, make sure you inform your attorney. Cellphone records can be used as evidence to establish fault on the part of an offending operator. In the meantime...stay off the phone while driving!