Contact Arkansas injury attorneys if you have suffered a personal injury as a result of car accidents, nursing home abuse, medical malpractice or any type of negligence. http://eldorado.injuryboard.com/tag/Drunk+Driving/ <p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">Evidence continues to mount that talking on a cell phone while driving is <a href="http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/PDF/nrd-13/BentsF_doc.pdf">deadly</a>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">Friday’s edition of the <a href="http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage">Baxter Bulletin </a>carried a story about the driver of a trolley who was killed when the trolley she was driving struck the rear of a parked train. Passengers saw the driver talking on a cell phone moments before the collision.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">How many people have to lose their lives before something is done about this dangerous practice?</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">We know of <a href="http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/">studies and studies </a>that show talking on a cell phone while driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk. In our courts we are entitled to <a href="http://www.wislawjournal.com/archive/2005/0810/punitive.html">punitive damages </a>if we are injured by a drunk driver. Shouldn’t we also be entitled to punitive damages if we are hit by a driver talking on a cell phone?</p></p><a href="http://eldorado.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/cell-phones-and-driving-is-deadly.aspx?googleid=240804">Originally posted</a> at <a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com">InjuryBoard</a> by <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Frank-Bailey/">Frank Bailey</a> http://eldorado.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/cell-phones-and-driving-is-deadly.aspx?googleid=240804 El Dorado Personal Injury Lawyer - Drunk Driving Automobile Accidents cell phones punitive damages drunk driving Frank Bailey Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:37:34 GMT