The newest technology in new cars has the ability to assist drivers with parallel parking, blind spot detection and lane departure. These are clear improvements in some of the more intricate aspects of driving. However, as technology continues to develop many drivers are placing increasing reliance on driver technology and are exhibiting riskier behavior when driving. This phenomenon continues to surprise experts and proves technology alone doesn’t equate to safety.
Do drivers knowingly participating in risky behavior? Automotive manufacturers have taught the public that they can rely on these advancement and some believe this is a replacement for safe driving habits. Drivers tend to experience a false sense of security when employing the installed driver assistance technology they have at their fingertips. This often creates a false sense of security and leads to individuals practicing negligent behavior. This often leads to drivers engaging in negligent behavior including:
• Distracted Driving Other Than Cell Phone Use
• Distracted Driving With Cell Phone Use
• Personal Grooming While Driving
• Speeding And Unsafe Lane Changes
• Eating And Drinking While Driving
These examples of negligent driving can be seen every day in city driving and on freeways. Negligent driving will commonly lead to motor vehicle accidents and those accidents often result in severe injury or fatalities. We encourage everyone to put down their cell phones and avoid doing any other distracting activity and pay attention to the road.
State Farm is the largest automobile insurer in the U.S. and they surveyed over 1000 random drivers. The drivers were asked to honestly answer questions about their personal driving habits and State Farm included several questions about distracted driving. The survey revealed about half of the respondents admitted to taking their eyes off the road for at least five seconds at a time. This is more than enough time to cause a serious accident. Studies show it only takes 3.2 seconds to drive the length of a football field at 65 miles per hour! The survey also showed that drivers who had many of the pieces of advanced car technology onboard were almost twice as likely to practice negligent behavior while driving. Adaptive Cruise Control was shown to be especially troublesome because it tends to direct the drivers attention for risks immediately in front of them.
Driver technology is designed to make driving safer. Driver technology is not meant to be a substitute at any level for a driver paying attention and being actively involved in the act of driving. It’s critical we combine driving technology and safe driving habits.
We represent people who are injured because of the careless and reckless acts of others. At the end of the day your case can only be settled one time and you need to know all of the facts beforehand. The reason that insurance companies have paid our clients in excess of $130,000,000.00 is that we get the facts and are not intimidated at the prospect of going to trial when they refuse to follow the law. We help with serious issues that require serious representation. We are the Law Offices of Guenard & Bozarth. We have almost 60 years of experience in our plaintiff’s only law firm. Call GB Legal 24/7/365 at 888-809-1075 or visit www.gblegal.com We Can Help!
