Distracted Drivers Causing Accidents

Connecticut Auto Accident Lawyers

Distractions Are Everywhere. Driving is a skill that requires your full attention to safely control your vehicle and respond to events happening on the roads around you. The slightest distraction, looking away, changing a radio station, answering a cell phone, even waving good bye can result in life changing injuries or worse. We see the signs all over our Connecticut highways, don't drive distracted, yet many people do. With that in mind, Connecticut drivers need to take extra caution when heading out on the roads.

Driver distractions are the leading cause of most vehicle crashes and near-crashes. According to a study released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), 80% of crashes and 65% of near-crashes involve some form of driver distraction. The distraction occurred within three seconds before the vehicle crash!

When you are driving, the condition of the roadway you are on and the behavior of other drivers can change abruptly, leaving you little or no time to react. When you are driving, follow these rules:

• Stay focused.
• Pay attention.
• Expect the unexpected
Police departments investigations occur at all fatality and most catastrophic injury scenes. Interpreting this data, or determining whether it is accurate requires sophisticated and expert analysis. A

Connecticut personal injury attorney at our firm has the substantial resources needed to determine exactly what happened to cause a crash and why. The experienced Connecticut injury lawyers at McCoy & McCoy consult with accident reconstructionists and safety engineers to make sure all the causes are properly identified

Our Connecticut car accident lawyers are aware of all of these statistics and more. The experienced Connecticut injury lawyers at McCoy & McCoy have decades of experience helping the victims of Connecticut car accidents.

The Connecticut accident attorneys at McCoy & McCoy represent accident clients throughout Connecticut, including Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, New London, and all of Eastern Connecticut.