{"id":134,"date":"2016-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/bill-could-make-establishing-negligence-easier-in-distracted-driving-cases\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:22","slug":"bill-could-make-establishing-negligence-easier-in-distracted-driving-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/bill-could-make-establishing-negligence-easier-in-distracted-driving-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill could make establishing negligence easier in distracted driving cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is a serious problem wherever you go nowadays. The widespread use of mobile devices has made it all too easy for even otherwise responsible drivers to put both themselves and other motorists at risk. States take a variety of approaches to the problem of distracted driving, some stricter than others.<\/p>\n<p>Here in New York, the legislature has banned both texting and the use of handheld devices for all drivers. These are both primary laws, meaning that law enforcement is able to make citations for the offenses without there have been other offenses. Such laws may be helpful in the battle against distracted driving, but they are inherently limited, and must be supplemented with other efforts, including public education on the dangerous of distracted driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the emerging possibilities in fighting distracted driving is the use of so-called \u201ctextalyzer\u201d phone scanners, which are able to tell law enforcement whether a driver was texting at the time of an accident. Lawmakers in New York are currently considering legislation which would make New York the first state where police are using the technology. Privacy concerns remain about the proposal, but supporters say the scanners would not allow officers to have access to motorists\u2019 personal information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/bill-could-make-establishing-negligence-easier-in-distracted-driving-cases\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Bill could make establishing negligence easier in distracted driving cases\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is a serious problem wherever you go nowadays. The widespread use of mobile devices has made it all too easy for even otherwise responsible drivers to put both themselves and other motorists at risk. States take a variety of approaches to the problem of distracted driving, some stricter than others. Here in New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bill could make establishing negligence easier in distracted driving cases &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; May 3, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bill could make establishing negligence easier in distracted driving cases - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/bill-could-make-establishing-negligence-easier-in-distracted-driving-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bill could make establishing negligence easier in distracted driving cases &#8212; 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