A Distracted Drivers Message may not have been received, but will mine?

The road is narrow and winding with no shoulder. There are no warning signs and the road is not well-lit at night. If that is not dangerous enough, add a driver distracted by texting. Moments before a fatal single vehicle accident may have gone something like this:

Incoming text: “What’s up?”

Driver: “Not much?”

Incoming text: “Wanna meet up?”

Driver: “When?”

Incoming text: “20 minutes?”

Driver: “Sure. On my way. I’ll

Although the actual text messages are hypothetical, the outcome is not. On the evening of June 12, 2012, a 23-year-old Arkansas man was in the middle of typing a text message while driving when he crossed the center line and hit a tree. He died at the scene.

While cell phones have certainly become a reality of everyday life, they are not meant to be used while behind the wheel. Texting while driving is deadly; taking your eyes off the road for any reason is dangerous.

Common sense says don't text and drive, so why do people do it? What are people thinking when they engage in this activity? What can be so urgent that you want to risk your life or the life of ours? How many deaths will it take before you stop – your own? Don’t post your final words while behind the wheel; "X the TXT"!

Mark Bello has thirty-five years experience as a trial lawyer and thirteen years as an underwriter and situational analyst in the lawsuit funding industry. He is the owner and founder of Lawsuit Financial Corporation which helps provide legal finance cash flow solutions and consulting when necessities of life litigation funding is needed by a plaintiff involved in pending, personal injury, litigation. Bello is a Justice Pac member of the American Association for Justice, Sustaining and Justice Pac member of the Michigan Association for Justice, Member of Public Justice and Public Citizen, Business Associate of the Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut, Texas, and Tennessee Associations for Justice, and Consumers Attorneys of California, member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan and the Injury Board.