Warning all drivers: cell phone crackdown happens in San Diego County

1:59 Publicado por Mario Galarza

For your security, cell phone use while operating a motor vehicle, it is illegal in the State of California. These include call, choose, or with a cell phone texting.

Why? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 80 percent of accidents are on some form of driver distraction three seconds the car accident, and talk on a cell phone is one Prime distractions today leading to car accidents.

Did you know that dial a phone number increases on a mobile phone while driving the risk of a car accident or car accident close to 2.8 times?

Therefore it is no surprise, the authorities in San Diego County area on cell phone use while driving down cracking. Police set this month in San Diego of's zero tolerance campaign against the use of cell phones while driving, according to CBS News.

But it seems that San Diego can set not only the mobile phone while driving. Call it a bad habit or just only irresponsible, but cell phone use while driving is no easy thing.  On Dec. 10 were some 456 ticketed for using a mobile phone while illegally driving in the San Diego County.

If it is dangerous while driving, that cell phone use have to prove you should a study in the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society, you are proposed that distracted driving, the phones use just as dangerous on the road than those drive under the influence, According to CNET News.

Set up the study of four different driving scenes. Forty drivers equally allocated in the following four driving conditions: no distractions, use a handheld mobile phone, talking on a hands-free device and drive, while intoxicated on the California permitted 08 percent blood alcohol level. The participants followed a pace car in each unique condition. The pace vehicle simulates real-world conditions such as stop-and-go traffic and intermittent brakes.

At the end of the simulation, researchers found that drivers drove with mobile devices while driving slower, slower slowed down, and were rather a distracted driving car accident as other drivers in other simulations. In fact not even the drunken driver crashed one, but three participants were using cell phones in a car accident.

San Diego, please the phones - put down is never more important to stay safe on the streets and car accidents and personal injury to avoid. On your part, you can not with your mobile phone while driving.

If a car accident injury of another driver cell phone use, please contact our San Diego auto accident attorneys in 1-800-655-6585 for a free and private evaluation of your case.


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