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Shun Those Cell Phones While Driving

14 Friday Oct 2011

Posted by McIlveen Family Law Firm in Insurance, NC Law, Negligence

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accident, cell phone, Driving, Negligence

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More than 20 percent of injury crashes in the United States involve reports of distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Of those killed in distracted-driving related accidents, 18 percent involved the usage of a cell phone. Another study indicates that using a cell phone while driving, whether it is a hand-held or hands-free device, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent.

Cell phones, and particularly smart phones, are considered one of the leading driver distractions. As a result, more and more communities are placing restrictions on drivers’ use of cell phones. The following tips are offered to motorists with regard to cell phone use in vehicles.

  • You should wait until the car trip is complete before placing a call. Your cell phone’s voicemail feature should answer a call while you are driving.
  • Absolutely essential calls should only be performed while stopped. However, it is not wise to pull over on the side of the road where a rear-end collision is possible. Instead, you should pull into a parking lot to perform this task.
  • The phone should be placed where it is easy to see and reach.
  • You should take advantage of speed-dialing capabilities.
  • You should never drive and talk on the cell phone during stressful, emotional, or complex discussions since the risk of an accident is heightened.
  • You should consider using a hands-free cellular phone since some studies indicated that these are safer to use.
  • You should never text message while driving.

Get more personal lines insurance and risk management tips and ideas from IRMI.

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International Risk Management Institute, Inc.

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Graduated Driver’s Licensing Programs Reduce Fatal Crashes

16 Wednesday Jun 2010

Posted by McIlveen Family Law Firm in NC Law, News

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Driving, N.C., N.C. Law, teenagers, Texting

According to a recent study by John Hopkins, graduated driver’s licensing programs reduce fatal crashes by 11% among 16-year-old drivers. All states except North Dakota have some form of graduated licensing requirements.

Learner Stage Intermediate Stage Full Privilege
Min. Age
(Yrs./Mos.)
Required
Supervised
Driving Hours
(Night Hours)
Min. Age
(Yrs./ Mos.)
Min. Dura-
tion
(Mos.)
Min. Age
(Yrs./Mos.)
Nighttime Driving Restriction Passenger
Restriction*
(* family members exempt)
NorthCarolina 15 12 16 9 p.m. – 5 a.m. No more than 1 pass. <21*;if family member <21 is passenger,

no other non-family memb. pass. <21

16 / 6 None

In addition, it is against the law in N.C. for all drivers to text while driving and it’s against the law for those under 18 to use a cell phone while driving. For more information on your state laws see

http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/license_laws.html

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