{"id":1225,"date":"2015-06-22T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2017-07-17T12:46:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T19:46:15","slug":"car-accidents-cell-phone-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/car-accidents-cell-phone-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Car Accidents &#038; Cell Phone Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">By: Fred Lewis and George Casper<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">It is widely said that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. This statement is incorrect. There are actually three certainties in life: death, taxes, and car accidents. Ever since Henry Ford created an assembly line able mass produce his Model-T at an affordable price for all middle-class Americans, there have been car accidents. There are, on average, about 10 million car accidents a year in the United States. This figure includes every type of car accident from the minor scrape to the colossal, car-totaling catastrophes that generally result in personal injury. It is said that the average person gets into 3 to 4 automobile accidents in their driving lifetime, so why increase the chances by using a cell phone while driving? Most everyone knows that using a cell phone while driving is dangerous, but still do it anyways. This is especially true for the younger population, whom consider their cell phone to be their lifeline to society.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">A study conducted in 2006 by David Strayer, Frank Drews, and Dennis Crouch on the effects of operating a cell phone while driving found drivers using cell phones &#8220;actually exhibit greater impairments (i.e., more accidents and less responsive driving behavior) than legally intoxicated drivers.&#8221; To put this in perspective, the most recent traffic safety data found that 32,719 people died from alcohol-impaired driving crashes in the United States. The phrase &#8220;using cell phones&#8221; includes taking phone calls, texting, and using hands-free technology. Texting was found to be the most dangerous from of cell phone use for fairly obvious reasons. The Idaho State Legislature enacted Idaho Code 49-1401A in 2012 in order to ban texting while driving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/car-accidents-cell-phone-use\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Idaho Car Accidents &#038; Cell Phone Use\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Fred Lewis and George Casper It is widely said that there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. This statement is incorrect. There are actually three certainties in life: death, taxes, and car accidents. 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