{"id":495,"date":"2014-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/making-distracted-driving-socially-unacceptable\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:30","slug":"making-distracted-driving-socially-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/making-distracted-driving-socially-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Making distracted driving socially unacceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there are still people who will get behind the wheel while drunk, drunk driving is still seen as morally reprehensible. There are not many people willing to make excuses for people who drive drunk, but when someone is driving while distracted by a cellphone or some other kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/distracted-driver-texting-accidents.html\">electronic device<\/a>, some people are willing to give him or her a pass. The problem is, however, that distracted driving is incredibly dangerous and can cause the same types of injuries and death on New York&#8217;s roads that drunk driving can.<\/p>\n<p>There are safety professionals across the country who are trying to cut down on the number of distracted drivers, and one of the main suggestions is to make distracted driving just as socially unacceptable as drunk driving.<\/p>\n<p>One of the ways to do that is by encouraging others to remind drivers to put their electronic devices down while driving. Passengers should feel comfortable telling their drivers to not use the phone while driving. Individuals who receive calls from people driving can also tell drivers to call them back when they are done driving. Basically, the more societal pressure that is put on drivers to stop driving while distracted, hopefully the less likely they will be to use their phones while driving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/making-distracted-driving-socially-unacceptable\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Making distracted driving socially unacceptable\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there are still people who will get behind the wheel while drunk, drunk driving is still seen as morally reprehensible. There are not many people willing to make excuses for people who drive drunk, but when someone is driving while distracted by a cellphone or some other kind of electronic device, some people [&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":[50],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-distracted-driver"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Making distracted driving socially unacceptable &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; April 30, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Making distracted driving socially unacceptable - 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\/making-distracted-driving-socially-unacceptable\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Making distracted driving socially unacceptable &#8212; 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