Accident caused by using your mobile phone

Since the law was revised on the punishment facing drivers who were caught using their mobile phone whilst driving was increased to three points on your licence and a £60 fine there has been a decrease in the number of accidents that arise as a result of it however road traffic accidents due to mobile use still happen.

In recent research 21% of drivers admitted to breaking the law through using a mobile phone whilst driving, however the actual figures are probably a lot higher. Mobile phone use whilst driving is illegal in nearly 30 countries, including the UK.

Driving whilst using a mobile phone seriously affects your concentration, making your reaction time at least 50% slower than if you are driving normally. Your ability to see and react to dangerous situations on the road ahead of you is impaired meaning that your reaction time and concentration is along the same level as it would be if you had been drink driving.

It is almost impossible to do two things at once and to do them well, driving whilst using a mobile phone is no exception to this. You can’t anticipate the road ahead if you are more involved in a phone conversation than you are in the road you are travelling on. More than 246 drivers are fined a day in England and Scotland for using a mobile phone whilst driving meaning that many of you are forgetting that missing a call won’t kill you but a road traffic accident could.

If you are involved in a road traffic accident whilst using your mobile phone but the accident wasn’t your fault your chance of compensation will be severely reduced. However if you become the victim of a road traffic accident due to another driver using a mobile phone then get in touch withAccident Consultant today. Having a road traffic accident in the last three years due to someone else’s negligence whilst using a mobile phone could leave you entitled to compensation.

A road traffic accident can leave you with serious personal injury such as broken bones, injuries to your head, neck and back as well as whiplash and crushed limbs. All of these forms of personal injury can seriously affect the way in which you live your life and could leave you out of work for a number of weeks and even months.
Accident Consultant can help you gain the compensation that you deserve after an accident that was due to a driver’s negligence through using a mobile phone. Accident Consultant has many years of experience in dealing with personal injury compensation claims after a road traffic accident that wasn’t your fault.

If you would like to get a claim underway then call one of our expert advisors today on 08081 68 69 70 or fill in our online claim form to the right of this page and one of our advisors will get back to you.

For more information about claiming after a road traffic accident that was caused through a driver using a mobile phone then visit our main site, Accident Consult.