A recent study found that technology devices in law enforcement vehicles contribute to distracted driving and law enforcement-involved crashes, report news sources.
Researchers at St Mary’s University of Minnesota studied 380 cases from 2006 through 2010 and found that at least one, sometimes more, form of distracted driving, whether visual, manual or cognitive, played a significant role in about 14 percent of law enforcement crashes. A nationwide study for around the same time period conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that close to 18 percent of civilian crashes resulted from distracted driving.
Neither the university nor the federal study was able to pin down how often technological devices were the cause of the distraction, but the university researchers found that 12 percent of claims were from traffic incidents involving technology in some way. Officer’s mobile data computers were involved in half of those claims.
As a Greenville car accident lawyer, motorist safety is something that I am very conscious of; I encourage drivers to avoid distractions like texting and talking on the phone. Because of my experience as a Greenville personal injury attorney, I am very aware of the split-second difference between everything seeming fine and a terrible vehicle crash. I urge motorists to always practice safe driving habits.
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