When you think of the phrase “texting and driving,” what comes to mind? Do you envision a car full of teenagers driving at 90 mph down the Salt Lake City freeway, carelessly trading text messages with the group of friends driving behind them? Or do you immediately imagine an auto accident involving several cars, with...Read More
In the latest installment of Robert J. DeBry’s Word on the Street, we took to the streets of Salt Lake City to talk with students at the LDS Business College about their top three distractions while driving. While texting and driving is one of the single largest caused of auto accident injuries and fatalities, distracted driving...Read More
Did you know texting and driving is six times more likely to cause an auto accident than drunk driving? You wouldn’t drive drunk — so why would you text and drive? In Robert J. DeBry’s latest Word on the Street installment, Robert J. DeBry correspondent Elora Murray asks event organizers from the University of Utah in Salt...Read More
In many states, it’s currently illegal to text while driving. However, this doesn’t stop most people from doing it anyway — especially younger demographics. On average, 69 percent of all drivers admit to using their cell phones while behind the wheel. This is an alarming statistic, especially considering that a fourth of all annual automobile...Read More
With the widespread adoption of cell phones in the United States, distracted driving injuries and fatalities have increased markedly — auto accident situations involving cell phones rose by almost 10 percent between 2011 and 2013 alone. But while nearly 25 percent of car accidents in the U.S. are caused by texting and driving, cell phones...Read More
In the state of Utah alone, auto accidents accounted for a total of 274 fatalities in 2015 — which is a notable increase from 2014. Out of the 274 fatalities, 27 of those were caused by distracted driving — something that might require a lawyer to help you out in court. It can be hard...Read More
Distracted driving is a major contributor of auto accident injuries in the United States, from the shores of the East Coast to the mountains of Salt Lake City, Utah. From talking to rowdy passengers and fiddling with the music dial to texting on your cell phone, the modern driving experience is filled with potential distractions....Read More
