Posts tagged phone

• Drive when you Drive!

  Jon Lewis | August 13, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Have you heard? People are texting while driving. Yes, really! They are talking about passing laws to prevent this, and Leonard Pitts, Jr. wrote a good editorial with a quote, Common Sense Should...

• cell phone use while driving

  Danny Lehane | August 05, 2009 2:51 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There are several major thoroughfares in the Birmingham metro area. Interstate 59 runs north and south from the Alabama/Georgia border into Mississippi, ending in Slidell, Louisiana. Interstate 65...

• Motorist reaching for cell phone hits and kills cyclist in Scottsboro

  Danny Feldman | August 03, 2009 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, a tragic event occurred which ended a man's life when a young woman hit and killed him as, at least according to reports, see...

• Two Dead in Jefferson County Crashes

  Jon Lewis | June 30, 2009 9:40 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Saturday, August 27, 2009, the Birmingham News reported two wrecks which killed two people. The first involved a motorcycle and a pickup truck. This occurred on Second Avenue North in Jefferson...

• Texting While Driving - Is a Federal Ban Necessary?

  Margaret Embry | June 18, 2009 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to the Montgomery County News, a one car accident occured near Splendora, TX on June 7, leaving the driver critically injured and the passenger dead. The accident has been attributed to...

• Don't Text or Use a Cell Phone while riding a bicycle

  Danny Feldman | June 11, 2009 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This is a continuing blog in a series of blogs regarding annoying or dangerous cycling behavior. It really goes without saying, doesn't it? - Don't text or talk on a cell phone while cycling. Its...

• Another Death From Texting?

  Billy Cunningham | April 25, 2009 1:35 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This past week a legal secretary I knew died in an automobile wreck when she crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming car. Apparently, she was texting when she veered over and could not...

• Driver Distractions

  Danny Lehane | April 10, 2009 1:19 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As one drives on the main roads throughout Alabama the Beautiful, it is a given that you will encounter other drivers. A quick glance at surrounding drivers is always quite interesting. The diverse...

• What Causes Car Accidents?

  Jon Lewis | December 10, 2008 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Birmingham News article in today's paper referenced a talk given by John Staddon, Ph.D., a psychology professor at Duke University. The talk was given at an advisory board meeting of the UAB...

• Asleep at the Wheel

  Jon Lewis | June 04, 2008 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Monday, June 2, 2008, a horrible collision occurred on U.S. 280 in Mountain Brook. According to the Birmingham News, a 20-year old Auburn University student, Heather Eagan, may have fallen...