Other distracted driving things besides cell phone use include: drinking/eating; talking to passengers; personal hygiene; using a GPS, PDA or map navigation system; watching a video and/or changing the radio station. All are dangerous and let’s not use convenience as an excuse for the damage distracted driving can bring.

Sometime ago I reported the 2009 death car stats that 5,474 were killed on US roads. But what is alarming is that of those killed in distracted driving related crashes 995 involved reports of a cell device/phone so that’s 18% of all traffic fatalities for 2009.

Another alarming fact is that 16% of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported to have been caused by distracted driving.

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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