Nashville Automobile Accident Lawyer Asks How Could This Tragedy Happen
Even as an experienced Tennessee automobile accident attorney, it stills shocks me when I read an article like the one on the website of WDXE in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee this morning.
Teen Fatality
A thirteen-year-old child is dead and her 17-year old driver sister is in serious condition at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
According to the article the deceased, Mary A. Money was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her sister, 17-year-old Lydia Money, when Lydia made a left turn directly into the path of a van driven by 50-year-old Felita Hinson. It appears that the Money vehicle was stopped in a turn lane and for some as of yet undetermined reason pulled out in front of the van.
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I keep asking myself what could have been going on that distracted young Ms. Money to the point that she failed to see the oncoming vehicle.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 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. The age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the under-20 age group, 16 percent of all under-20 drivers in fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted while driving.
Younger drivers, according to the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), agree that teen drivers have the highest crash risk of any age group. Per mile, the crash rate for 16 year-old drivers is 10 times the rte for drivers between 30 and 59. The basic reasons behind this statistic are obvious. Teen drivers have no experience with the myriad issues faced by drivers with experience, furthermore they are immature and often takes risks, most often speeding, which contribute to the increased death rate.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee car crash caused by a distracted driver or a teen driver contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation to determine your rights and remedies.
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