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Transportation

May 4, 2016

Despite crisis, texting and driving laws lag

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has determined that texting and driving is six times more dangerous than drinking and driving. By Jonathan Michaels

Jonathan A. Michaels

Managing Partner
MLG Attorneys at Law

Phone: (949) 581-6900

Email: jmichaels@defectattorney.com

Whittier Coll SOL; CA

Jonathan specializes in representing clients in the automotive industry.

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By Jonathan Michaels

Would you believe that after all the fatalities, all the media attention and all the pain suffered by scores of families, four states still find it perfectly acceptable for motorists to text and drive? Arizona, Montana, Texas and Missouri have yet to come to the realization that distracted driving is the biggest killer of them all.

Drinking and driving is public enemy number one, but the truth is that texting and driving...

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