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You don\u2019t...","datePublished":"2018-10-17","dateModified":"2024-05-22","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/blog\/author\/rizklaw\/#Person","name":"Rizk Law","url":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/blog\/author\/rizklaw\/","identifier":9,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/10e23ce5e6c4dadb4589cd8edf2c3f59ac356a6e876c3656917777913d9c3bc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/10e23ce5e6c4dadb4589cd8edf2c3f59ac356a6e876c3656917777913d9c3bc1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Rizk Law","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rizk-law-logo-footer.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rizk-law-logo-footer.jpg","width":278,"height":65}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Richard-Rizk-headshot.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Richard-Rizk-headshot.jpg","width":383,"height":427},"url":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/blog\/distracted-driving-horror-stories-part-two\/","video":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"VideoObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UjwYmUmVWI#VideoObject","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UjwYmUmVWI","name":"Distracted Driving -Alexxyss's Story","description":"Over the past two years, traffic fatalities have spiked.  One of the causes is distracted driving.  Enforcing laws involving handheld electronic devices is very difficult in a marked police vehicle.  OSP has added 40 unmarked police vehicles to its fleet in efforts to detect distracted drivers as well as other aggressive driving behaviors.  It could be anyone\u2019s family who becomes a victim of distracted driving.  Help us save lives and encourage others not to drive distracted.\n\nODOT crash data reveals that on average, over a five-year period from 2010 to 2014, someone received a conviction for using a cell phone while driving every half hour and a distracted driver crash occurred every 2.5 hours. In Oregon on average, more than 11 people die in distracted driving crashes every year and over 2,800 are injured.\n\nAlexxyss Therwanger, age 19, was killed in a car crash on February 19th, 2016 while she was driving home in eastern Oregon. 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For most, it is that some texts are too important to be ignored. However, as one grieving mother puts it, no text message is more important than your own life.You don\u2019t want to be remembered by an unfinished sentence. Nothing is as important as you are. You should always remember this, because if you take your eyes and your mind off the road for more than three seconds, you are likely to wind up dead.Another common excuse is that it is easy for them. According to a lot of people they \u201chold the phone up to windshield level so that it is easy to look at the road\u201d. This is, to all intents and purposes, a steaming pile of fresh bovine excrement. No matter where you hold your phone, you can only give your full focus to one task at a time. You are a human, not a Hindu god.One of the most \u201cnormal\u201d ways to text while driving is to do it at a stop light. Confession: I\u2019ve done this too. However, right after a text, what if there is a vehicle behind you tooting its horn? You are going to immediately shift gears and blow through the intersection. Your mind will still be distracted, so you won\u2019t even see the 18 wheeler to your left until it is just too late.These Deaths Can be Avoided\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA moment of distraction can lead to a personal tragedy. We all make decisions, every day, sometimes the consequences of those decisions can be so final. Make wise decisions for you and those you love.Mind Blowing FactsOver 2.5 million people in the U.S. are involved in road accidents each year. The population of the US is just 318.9 million. At this rate, the American people could be extinct in two human lifespans. This is an astounding number of traffic accidents.Of these, 1.6 million have a cell phone involved in them. That\u2019s 64% of all the road accidents in the United States. Over half the road accidents in the States have cell phones involved, and if this doesn\u2019t make you realize just how potent it is, what will?37,000+ people die in automobile crashes in the U.S every yearEvery year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way.Each year, over 330,000 accidents caused by texting while driving lead to severe injuries. This means that over 78% of all distracted drivers are distracted because they have been texting while driving.1 out of 4 car accidents in the US are caused by texting while driving."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Horror Stories that Last Through the Year","item":"https:\/\/www.rizklaw.com\/blog\/distracted-driving-horror-stories-part-two\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]