3 Reasons to consultan Injury Lawyer after a Distracted Driving Crash

Thousands of distracted driving crashes occur every year. Distracted driving often goes unreported, and most drivers never admit to texting and driving.

Read on to understand the challenges with distracted driving claims and how you can fight back.

Many people think that taking your eyes off the road for “just a second” is alright. Did you know that even at 55 miles per hour, you can travel the length of a football field in the time it takes to send or read a “quick” text?

In Arizona, it is against the law, while driving, to –

• hold or support a device with your body
• read, write or send a message using any portable wireless communication device
• scroll through social media, watch videos, record videos, or any other use of the device that causes a distraction and requires use of your body

However, you can

• engage and disengage a function on the device, such as GPS route start and answering or ending a call
• talk on the portable wireless communication device with an earpiece, headphone device, or device worn on the wrist to conduct a voice-based communication.

Why do you need a Lawyer?

If you can show that the at-fault driver was texting and driving, they are negligent. However, most drivers will never admit to it. If you suspect that distracted driving caused your crash, you need to act quickly to preserve evidence to support your claim and an experienced injury lawyer is critical to your case.

Red flags

Distracted drivingred flags include –

• veering and poor lane control
• ignoring or delayed responses to traffic signals and lights
• inconsistent speed
• abrupt turns
• failing to use turn signals

The presence of food, beverages, maps, and makeup in the vehicle may also be taken as an indication that the driver may not have beendriving attentively.

Your lawyer will carefully investigate the circumstances surrounding your wreck, interview witnesses, study phone logs and review video footage, to get you what you deserve.

Electronic records

Electronic evidence like phone logs and other data, can serve as evidence of phone use immediately before or during a crash. Sensor systems on some vehicles can help experts determine when the brakes were slammed or the driver veered into oncoming traffic. Traffic and dashboard camera feeds may show the driver’s movesbefore and during the collision.

Rebuilding the crash

After a crash, your lawyercan send experts to crash scenes soon afterward, to document debris trails, skid marks, and other data.

The information fromdigital crash reconstruction, witnesses’ testimonyand vehicle damage, can help to understand how the collision occurred.

To consult the bestinjury and workers’ compensation attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona, call Arizona Injury Law Group at 602-346-9009. Arizona Injury Law Group PLLC offers workers’ compensation attorneys who help injured workers seek benefits and justice and a voice standing up for you!

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