From press release “Federal and Local Government Cracking Down on Texting While Driving,” drivers should leave their phones alone while on the road. Car insurance companies have always urged drivers to be more careful on the roads by avoiding eating, changing the radio station, interacting with passengers, or talking on the phone. More recently, texting while driving has become just as dangerous as those other distractions.
An Executive Order this year has banned all government employees from texting while driving in government vehicles that are owned, rented or leased. They also cannot text in their own vehicles if they are on company business or using company cell phones. Penalties will be enforced by those breaking the law by the end of this year.
By the start of 2010, at least twenty-one states will have laws that ban texting while driving. That is good news for Dairyland Auto Insurance Company and other car insurance companies. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles reported almost 30,000 car crashes due to distracted drivers. Over 100 people were killed in these crashes and close to 15,000 were injured. Drivers are encouraged to leave the cell phones off and concentrate on the road to avoid car crashes and higher insurance rates.
