As more and more Oregon state drivers partake of medical marijuana, one emergency room trauma nurse told a group (which I was a part of) there is a similar increase in DUII car accidents.

New figures from the Federal Highway Administration show that Americans cut back on their driving again in October. They logged 2.3 percent less, or 254 billion miles, compared with October a year ago, the eighth consecutive month there has been a decline. A broader measure — the 12-month total of miles driven — shows that motorists fell back to the low of 2.963 trillion miles driven reached at the end of the recession in 2009.

Given these statistics it will be useful to compare the accident rates and whether there is an equal decline in car accident claims in Oregon.

Talking on the cell phone and driving is distracted driving and such claims are rising more and more and proving distracted driving is equally important when maximizing your net monetary award in any distracted driving claim.

Distracted driving is the focus of a major campaign in Oregon with I am proud to report Peterson Law Offices will be sponsoring on Koin TV so lookout for distracted driving and keep a head up Oregon and Washington driver driving and remember to Keep your eyes on the road at all times.

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