Teacher Killed in Texting While Driving Accident | Teens Against Distracted Driving

Sadly, Megan Schneider, a school teacher in Colorado, died in an auto accident last week. Icy roads were determined to be a factor in the accident, but so were other causes including sending texts while she was driving.

Continue to Straight Talk Law to learn the factors that caused this tragic car accident as well as how close to the time of the crash Schneider was sending text messages.

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Texting and Driving is Dangerous: High School Essay | Teens Against Distracted Driving

Texting and driving is dangerous, we all know this. In order to figure out how to truly put an end to the habit, maybe we should be listening to what the teenagers themselves have to say. Traverse City West Senior High School junior Kelly Brown wrote the following essay before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving…

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Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

5 Must Read Tips to Help Break Texting While Driving Habit | Teens Against Distracted Driving

Even though more and more States across the United States are passing bans on texting while driving, many people still cannot resist the urge to pick up their phone and send or read their daily text messages. Because we all know how dangerous it really is, we should each do our part in putting an end to this activity. Here are 5 tips to help you break your habit….

Continue reading at Straight Talk Law about tips to help stop texting while driving.

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Texting While Driving Proven To Be More Dangerous Than Drunk Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving

An experiment that took place on a deserted air strip looked to measure how dangerous texting while driving really is. With the cars traveling at 70 miles an hour, drivers reaction times were measured in different circumstances. Reactions were measured when the drivers unimpaired, when they were drunk, when they were reading an email on their phone and finally, when they were sending a text message.

Check out the results on Straight Talk Law

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Technology Companies Attempt to Help Put an End to Texting While Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving

It looks like technology companies have begun to join the fight against texting while driving. Cellcontrol has developed a device that prevents any texting while the driver’s vehicle is in motion.

Learn more about the device that could prevent car accidents
at Straight Talk Law.

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

You Be the Verdict. New Cell Phone Device, Safe or Stupid? | Teens Against Distracted Driving

While lawmakers are doing their best to put an end to texting and driving, some individuals will do whatever they can to find ways to “safely” use their cell phones in the car. Some of the new devices for phone usage in the car that are coming out could do more harm than good.

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Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Computer Simulator Reveals the Dangers of Texting While Driving | Teens Against Distracted Driving

A computer simulator has found that texting while driving does in fact distract you long enough to cause minor traffic infractions and increase your chances of causing a major car accident or making a fatal error.

Watch the simulator video here

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Anti-Texting While Driving Bans in Missouri Showing Little Results | Teens Against Distracted Driving

While Missouri has recently made laws to help stop the use of texting while driving, officials say that the bans have so far been difficult to enforce. Missouri passed the ban five months ago and since then police have only issued 13 tickets for the texting while driving offense. In my opinion, the reason it has been off to a slow start is because of the absolutely ridiculous details of the Missouri Law anti-texting and driving law.

Read more about the texting while driving laws at Straight Talk Law

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Texting is Now Illegal for Truck and Bus Drivers | Teens Against Distracted Driving

By now was all know that texting while driving is a serious problem. Countless car accidents and injuries ranging from mild to severe occur as a result of texting while driving. This is true in Seattle, in all of Washington State, and throughout the country. What is one way to cut down on car accident and trunk accident injuries? How about banning commercial truck drivers from texting.

Read why texting while driving is now illegal for bus and truck drivers

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.

Texting While Driving Trial of Martin Kuehl Begins | Teens Against Distracted Driving

What happens when someone is texting while driving and hits and kills a pedestrian? The trial of a 42-year-old man from Costa Mesa, California began on Monday.

Read more about this texting while driving car accident at Straight Talk Law

Teens Against Distracted Driving was founded by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Jason Epstein who is also the founder of the Seattle law firm Straight Talk Law.