Feds ready to act on text messaging while driving

According to a recent news piece, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is ready to support a federal ban on text messaging while driving.  This follows on the heels of several studies that show that text messaging while driving is unsafe.  One study showed that truck drivers who text message while driving were 23 times more likely to get into a truck accident.  Other studies have shown that text messaging and cell phone use have the detrimental effect on the safe operation of a car as driving under the influence of alcohol  Practical experience has shown that these studies are borne out in real life as the Los Angeles train accident from last year was caused by the engineer texting while operating the train.

As an experienced Chicago car accident lawyer, I will tell you one way that text messaging and cell phone usage has changed the nature of the practice of law: a question that is always looked into into every car accident suit is whether or not or a cell phone was in use at the time of the accident.