Every year, thousands of individuals are injured in accidents and incidents across the state of California. While these accidents occur for various reasons, every accident or death needlessly occurs as a result of distracted driving. Distracted driving accounts for over 391,000 accidents involving injury. More than 3,991 accidents resulted in fatalities in 2015 alone. The number continues to rise as technology continues to provide more entertainment with each passing day. When you or your loved one has been injured in an accident involving a distracted driver, you deserve relief. For a risk-free initial consultation, contact Sanford A. Kassel, APLC today.
Common Causes of Distracted Driving
When operating a motor vehicle, just about anything can result in a distraction. While changing radio stations, eating while driving, and looking at nearby vehicles can result in accidents, the most common causes of accidents include:
- Cell phones: Cell phones are by far the biggest cause of distractions that cause vehicle related accidents. While cell phones place the best of entertainment right at your fingertips, they cause accidents on a daily basis.
- Passengers: Other passengers in vehicles act as distractions. Children in vehicles present major issues for parents. The distractions range from children in car seats to siblings arguing in the backseat. A high amount of accidents resulting from distracted driving also occur from adult passengers. While communicating with passengers can also provide for entertainment, too many drivers shift their focus away from the road and to their passengers.
Effects of Distracted Driving
Distracted driving has resulted in thousands of accidents each year. Everyone and everything in the immediate vicinity of a distracted driver is at risk for suffering the consequences of an accident.
- Pedestrian Accidents: Every year pedestrians in California are seriously injured or fatally killed as a result of distracted driving. Motor vehicles being operated by distracted drivers have traveled onto sidewalks, through cross walks where pedestrians are traveling, and across roadways where pedestrians have the right of way. These accidents cause debilitating injuries and devastate the physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing of you or your loved one.
- Motor Vehicle Collisions: Motor vehicle collisions also frequently occur as a result of distracted driving. Curves in the roadway make it easy to veer outside of one’s lane and sudden stops in traffic create the perfect circumstances for rear-end collisions that have disastrous consequences. Distracted driving also has the potential to cause significant property damage to not only other vehicles but homes, buildings, and other temporary or permanent structures.
Contact Sanford A. Kassel Law, APLC
If you or someone you know is in need of a personal injury attorney after being injured in a motor vehicle accident, we will be happy to meet with you for an initial consultation. Our attorneys know the devastating consequences a distracted driving related incident can cause. That is why we want to help you obtain the maximum amount of relief for your injuries. If you are in or around San Bernardino, Riverside, Inland Empire, and Southern California, contact us today to schedule your no-risk visit.
