Why do motor vehicle crashes happen? Well, motor vehicle crash litigators will tell you that most crashes are caused by some type of driver distraction. So, from a litigator’s point of view, it seems like everyone’s driving distracted and these distractions cause serious damage. Recent statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation confirm this and show that in 2015 over 15,000 crashes were caused by distracted driving, with 66 of those crashes resulting in fatalities. Still, it seems that people continue to engage in this dangerous behavior—which is extremely troubling, to say the least. Why does this behavior continue? Many advocates of safe driving, such as my law partner and founder of endDD.org, Joel Feldman, believe that until distracted driving becomes as socially unacceptable as drunk driving has become over time, the problem will continue.
Despite the bleak picture painted by the ongoing practice of distracted driving, there is hope for change. These changes, if they occur, may come from the cases that get litigated and the laws that get enacted by those attempting to change the way we, as a society, drive. Several “hot-button” issues have recently surfaced in the distracted driving litigation arena. The final resolutions of these issues could expand the current bounds of liability, change existing law and substantially impact the public by deterring all of us from engaging in this deadly behavior.
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