Don’t use your phone while driving part X – Car accident involving mobile phone use reaches $5.2 settlement
By Dusan Belic on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 AM PST In General
In case you still haven’t figure that out, you shouldn’t your mobile phone while driving. If you insist it’s safe when YOU drive, consider the following article.
A $5.2 million verdict was recently reached in Fulton County, GA, in a personal injury case involving a car accident caused by mobile phone use behind the wheel.
“According to the complaint filed in 2006, an employee of International Paper Co. rear-ended Debra Ford, while talking on her cell phone. Her cruise control had been set at 77 mph in a 70 mph speed limit zone. The impact of the car accident caused Ms. Ford’s car to overturn, which pinned her arm between the vehicle and the pavement. The plaintiff’s arm had to be amputated just below the shoulder.”
You know what to do next, right? If you still don’t have one, buy yourself one of those Bluetooth car kits or use the regular headphones. It’s much safer that way.
[Via: textually.org]
