Texting and Driving Causes Serious Accident in Maine
An 18-year-old girl could be facing charges following an automobile accident that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy and serious injuries for another 22-year-old victim. The accident occurred just after the 18-year-old had left a party and lost control of her vehicle after hitting a patch of ice on the road. Police said the 18-year-old girl admitted to texting while she was driving and she had been drinking before the accident occurred. Prosecutors said there will be charges filed against the 18-year-old but the specifics of the charges she faces have yet to be determined.
The owner of a non-profit organization against drinking by minors argued that teenagers today do not have any sense of the potential dangers of not only drinking while or before driving but also texting while driving. She said they do not realize that bad things can not only happen to others but to them as well. However, there are even older people who have not come to that realization until it is too late. Under state law in Maine, texting while driving has officially been banned in the state and carries a penalty of a $100 fine. Many teenagers admit that even though they are fully aware of the ban, they still continue to text while driving anyway because they admittedly do not realize the dangers. Still, many teenagers have the right idea and either ignore their phones or turn them off while driving to avoid potentially serious accidents such as this incident.
Driving while intoxicated is another matter entirely and there are much more severe things that could happen to people involved in these types of accidents. Driving while intoxicated can easily lower your awareness while on the road and can drastically diminish your judgment, making you far more susceptible to an automobile accident than the average person who hasn’t been drinking. Couple this with driving while texting and the danger can increase ten-fold. Nobody should ever deliberately put themselves in this type of situation and wind up in a serious auto accident or worse, harm another driver or pedestrian on the road. Anybody who has been injured in this type of accident at the hands of a driver who was either texting or driving while intoxicated should contact an attorney as soon as possible to find out how they can help you get compensation for their pain and suffering.
