Texting and Driving Laws in Louisiana
Recent Numbers
Texting while driving is distracted driving. As per the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, 3,477 people died in distracted driving accidents in 2015. Another 391,000 were injured.
The Three Texting Distractions
As per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the three main types of distractions when a person is texting and driving follow:
- Visual when you take your eyes off of the road.
- Manual when you take your hands off of the steering wheel.
- Cognitive when you take your mind off of driving.
The CDC reports that texting when driving is particularly dangerous because it involves all three of those distractions. It said that sending or reading a text message takes about five seconds. It went on to say that’s long enough to cover the length of a football field at 55 mph.
Immediately before Louisiana’s new texting and driving law took effect, a Louisiana man who was speeding and texting lost control of his vehicle and hit three teens who were standing on a curb. That’s exactly the type of accident that the new legislation is intended to prevent.
If somebody who was texting and driving injured you or a family member in an accident, contact a Louisiana accident lawyer right away here at Morrow Gates & Morrow LLCto arrange for a free consultation and case evaluation. An Opelousas auto accident lawyer from our law firm will listen to you carefully, answer your questions and get you turned in the right direction.
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