Distracted Driver Takes Life Of Tennessee Man On I-40
If you’re driving your vehicle, you are already multitasking. At a minimum you are: operating a piece of heavy machinery at high speed; navigating across changing terrain; calculating speeds and distances; and responding to all the other drivers and obstacles around you. Putting one more activity in the mix, even talking to your passengers or changing a radio station, can be enough to make you lose control of your vehicle or fail to respond in an emergency.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) driver inattention is the leading factor in most crashes. Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event. Primary causes of driver inattention are distracting activities, such as cell phone use, and drowsiness.
A fatal accident in West Tennessee on I-40 this week caught my attention. There are only two possible things that could have caused this accident. It was intentional or the driver that caused the accident was distracted. According to an article on the website of the Jackson Sun a Huntingdon man, Rex Robinson, 47, was killed when he lost control of his vehicle after being hit from behind by a Dodge van driven by Gilbert Soo Hong, 53, of Irving, Texas. My prayers go out to the family and friends of Mr. Robinson.
Let’s picture this, you’re driving along a busy Interstate highway and you run into the back end of the vehicle traveling in front of you. I don’t know Mr. Hong and I can’t imagine a reason why he would intentionally ram Mr. Robinson’s car, so I have to conclude that Mr. Hong was doing something other than pay attention to the task of driving. No matter where we are, on the Interstate or driving in a parking lot, we must remember that we are piloting a deadly weapon and if you allow yourself to be distracted you could very well take the life of another.
Distracted Drivers Kill
If you or a loved one is injured in an Tennessee automobile accident caused by a distracted driver you owe it to yourself to have a free consultation with an experienced Tennessee automobile accident attorney. Contact Phillip Miller & Associates by telephone at 615-356-2000 or check out our website at www.seriousinjury.com.
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