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A US-based no win, no fee solicitor has spoken out about a practice that has the potential to cause devastating accidents and lead to serious personal injury claims: texting while behind the wheel of a heavy goods vehicle.
However, in addition to condemning this dangerous practice, the solicitor said that he believes that interacting with other computer-based devices such as satellite navigation systems to be almost as dangerous.
"Texting and trucking are a lethal combination," said the personal injury claim specialist. "In the few seconds that a trucker's eye is distracted by a cell phone or computer screen, a truck moving at typical highway speeds travels more than the length of a football field. A lot of bad things can happen in that distance if no one is watching the road."
The need to enforce prohibitive measures is clear: studies have shown that the risk of a road traffic accident is around 23 times higher when a driver is texting.
Although there are no definitive studies detailing the possible risks of satellite navigation-reliant driving, the solicitor said he believed it was the responsibility of road safety policymakers to ban satnav trucking. "It's too much to expect that truck drivers facing the pressures of delivery deadlines will voluntarily not use these devices, even if it puts the public and themselves at risk It's up to lawmakers to protect the motoring public and find a safe alternative to texting while driving," he said.
The impact of HGV accidents is a real concern for UK road users. Although they only account for 8% of traffic, they are involved in 31% of all accidents where people are killed or seriously injured.
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