As cell phone usage grows, driver distraction while text messaging has been responsible for ever-increasing numbers of fatal Florida car accidents, including many Tampa wrongful deaths.? While Tampa recently hosted the Distracted Driving Summit, and Florida lawmakers tried to push the issue in 2012, Florida remains one of few states that have not yet made it illegal to text while driving.
Statistics show that driving-while-texting (DWT) laws reduce the number of wrongful deaths and injuries from motor vehicle accidents.? The alternative?? Continued news reports like this one from late November, in which evidence showed that the driver was about to click ?send,? just before a high-speed St. Petersburg auto accident that literally tore a car in half, killing a man from Tampa.
Wrongful death lawsuits over motor vehicle accident deaths are based on the negligence or carelessness of one or more people in causing the accident. ?Wrongful death cases can result in fair compensation settlements; but they can also wind up in court, where a judge or jury must decide whether the plaintiff has enough evidence to prove that the defendant?s negligence caused a vehicular accident death.
A Florida ban on texting would not only prevent many of the thousands of deaths that result each year from Florida motor vehicle accidents.? A ban would also make it easier to prove so-called ?negligence per se,? aka statutory negligence:? violation of a statutory legal duty related to safe driving.? This would encourage settlement of many Tampa wrongful death claims, easing court congestion and helping Tampa and other south Florida residents to collect the compensation they deserved, for the loss of valued loved ones killed through no fault of their own.
If someone you love has been killed in a motor vehicle accident involving driver texting or other careless driving, you should seek legal help.? In Tampa, Lakeland, Winter Haven, or St. Petersburg, our experienced Florida personal injury attorney offer trustworthy, dependable legal advice and a record of successful legal representation in Florida wrongful death claims.
Contact The Brooks Law Group today at 1-888-WE-MEAN-IT (888-936-3264) for a totally free consultation with knowledgeable Florida injury attorneys who will aggressively pursue fair compensation and justice for Florida wrongful deaths and injuries from motor vehicle negligence.
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