“In our line of work, we see countless families ripped apart after a loved one is seriously injured or killed in an automobile accident,” says George W. Ilchert, Esq., a partner with Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell and Ryan, LLP (www.limrlaw.com), a personal injury law firm with experience in accident law. “Unfortunately, many of these accidents could have been prevented if it weren’t for distracted driving.”
According to Ilchert, distracted driving refers to driving while performing another task that takes a driver’s concentration away from the road. Some of the most common activities that can result in an accident include texting or talking on a cell phone while driving, eating, or even reaching for something.
“Texting while driving is probably the most common and most dangerous activity,” says Ilchert. “In fact, texting while driving is even more dangerous than driving while intoxicated.”
The statistics of inattentive or distracted driving are staggering. Ilchert says that 80% of all motor vehicle accidents involve inattention of just three seconds or less before the crash and while 98% of all drivers consider themselves “safe drivers,” 71 % admit to “multitasking” while driving.
“Studies have shown that drivers that reach for something are nine times more likely to have an accident than drivers who are paying attention to the road,” Ilchert says. “In addition, using a cell phone while driving increases the risk of an accident fourfold, contributing to nearly six percent of all auto accidents.”
While the proliferation of cell phones and other electronic devices is responsible for most distracted driving accidents, any distraction can be deadly.
“The bottom line is that drivers need to pay attention while they are behind the wheel,” says Ilchert. “When driving, nothing else should matter but the road.”
Established for more than 50 years, Lurie, Ilchert, Mac Donnell & Ryan LLP, located at 475 Park Avenue South (32nd Street) New York, NY, 10016, specializes in representing victims of all types of accidents including construction and demolition, falls from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs, automobiles, trains, and busses, babies with cerebral palsy and other brain damage, general medical malpractice, saws and electrical tools without guards, and slip and fall cases. For more information, call 212-685-7417 or visit www.limrlaw.com.
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