TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING IS NOW ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA.
As of the January 1, 2009, it will be illegal to write, send or read text messages while driving in California. This new law is designed to protect people on the road from the dangers that can ensue from driving and text messaging. Many car crashes and injuries are thought to have occurred as a result of texting while driving. Being distracted while reading or composing a message can have deadly results. If you have been in a crash in which texting played a role in Southern California, call 1-800-ALAWPRO to talk to a lawyer for free.
Text messaging may appear only to take seconds, but the distraction texting creates can be fatal. Reports that the driver of the Metrolink train which crashed in Chatsworth was texting prior to the crash have surfaced. A Highland teenager was thought to have died in a crash directly after texting. While it may be too late for some, from New Years Eve on, California will join 6 other states in making texting while driving will be illegal.
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