Posts tagged Phone

• Get Off the Phone

  Gaines Drago | November 03, 2009 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Every year, well really every month for that matter, our cell phones appear to be able to perform more and more functions. They truly have become computers in the palm of our hand connecting us to...

• 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...