{"id":183,"date":"2016-07-11T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kogandisalvo.wpengine.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:07:31","slug":"cell-phones-car-accidents-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/car-accident\/cell-phones-and-car-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phones and Car Accidents: The Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Texting while driving<\/a> <\/strong>is a leading factor in car crashes across the Boca Raton area, and across the entire United States. According to the National Safety Council, cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million car accidents each year. So, what’s the connection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because texting while driving causes drivers to become less engaged while in traffic and with surrounding drivers, crashes occur. Cell phones are one of the leading causes of distracted driving accidents<\/a><\/strong>. When a driver is traveling at 55 miles per hour, and is not paying attention to the road for a mere five seconds, that’s enough time to cover an entire football field. Studies have shown that texting while driving is six times more likely<\/strong> to cause an accident than drunk driving<\/a>, and that one out of every four crashes in the U.S. is caused by texting while driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though some states, such as Florida, create a ban on texting while driving, many drivers tend to ignore the rule. In the state of Florida, the law states that a person may not operate a motor vehicle while manually typing or entering characters into a wireless device, including communications such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n