Atlanta Car Accident Lawyer's Suspicions that New No Texting Laws are not Working Appear to be Confirmed
Being a car accident and trucking accident lawyer, one of the things I regularly do is observe other drivers as I drive around the Atlanta and north Georgia. I can't help it, and it drives my wife crazy as I constantly comment on what other drivers are doing on the road. For years I have been watching with real concern one driver after another texting while driving, and I have written several blogs on the dangers of this practice. I was very excited when I heard Georgia law makers were planning to and then did pass a law making the practice illegal. I really thought that once the law went into effect on July 1, I would see a lot less texting on the road. Unfortunately, it appears that has not been the case.
Since the law went into effect earlier this year making texting and driving illegal and subject to a fine of $150 and one point on your license, I really hadn't noticed any difference in the number of drivers I observed texting and driving, and I was just commenting to a friend the other day about my observations. Then today, I read an article in the AJC on line that suggest that laws passed barring texting and driving may not be having any effect on the number of drivers texting and might be increasing accidents arising from texting and driving.
