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Can You Tell Which Accident Was Caused By A Drunk Driver & Which One Was Caused By Text Messaging While Driving?.
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Can You Tell Which Accident Was Caused By A Drunk Driver & Which One Was Caused By Text Messaging While Driving?
This accident was caused by a drunk driver in Conway, SC. She knows she rolled at least two times, but can’t remember everything because she was too intoxicated. She was wearing her seatbelt. This accident was caused by the driver text messaging. The employee lives in Farmington, NM. The accident occurred in Colorado. None of the four employees inside of the truck were buckled up.
"We found that people are as impaired when they drive and talk on a cell phone as they are when they drive intoxicated at the legal blood-alcohol limit” of 0.08 percent, which is the minimum level that defines illegal drunken driving in most U.S. states-University of Utah Collegiate Study In the United States over 254 million people subscribed to such wireless communication devices as cell phones as of February 2008, compared with approximately 4.3 million in 1990, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association.
Additional Information • While teaching the Incident & Injury Free Orientation on May 29th this accident was shared. The driver later e-mailed me the pictures. • None of the employees in the truck are over 30. • All of the employees proclaimed that they never wear seatbelts. • No one was injured as a result of this incident. • They drove the truck back to Farmington after it had rolled. The front passenger had to keep his head out of the window the entire trip because the roof of the truck was so compacted he could not sit up right in his seat. After being deeply disturbed by what I heard I found myself repeating the following most of yesterday. IIF…it is not a prescription, it is not a goal-but rather a journey. We can make a difference…