{"id":2146,"date":"2021-12-14T17:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/americas-newest-driving-campaign-prevent-accidents\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:56:57","slug":"americas-newest-driving-campaign-prevent-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/americas-newest-driving-campaign-prevent-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"What is America\u2019s Newest Driving Campaign to Prevent Accidents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Just as <em>buckle up<\/em> was the catchphrase in the 1980s for promoting seat belt use, the <em>no phone zone<\/em> is the slogan for today\u2019s driving generation.\u00a0 Statistics show that cell phone use and texting while driving can lead to auto accidents.\u00a0 Consequently, more and more states are joining the text ban roster.\u00a0 If you suffer injury in an accident where the other driver was texting, consult an Atlanta <a href=\"\/atlanta\/auto-accident-lawyers\/distracted-driving\/\">distracted driving lawyer<\/a> about pursuing a case.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has devoted a website, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.distraction.gov\/\">distraction.gov<\/a>, to promote its agenda of stopping cell phone use, texting and other types of distractions while driving. \u00a0Of all driving distractions, the DOT reports that text messaging is the worst because it takes all of the driver's attention \u2014 visually, manually, and cognitively \u2014 away from the road.\u00a0 Distraction.gov lists nine actions that amount to distracted driving:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Texting<\/li>\n<li>Using a cell phone or smartphone<\/li>\n<li>Eating and drinking<\/li>\n<li>Talking to passengers<\/li>\n<li>Grooming<\/li>\n<li>Reading, including maps<\/li>\n<li>Using a navigation system<\/li>\n<li>Watching a video<\/li>\n<li>Adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the most important steps you can take to prevent auto accidents is not to use a cell phone or text while driving.\u00a0 However, there are also other actions you can take to prevent auto accidents.<\/p>\n<p>If you are the victim of a car accident, the Cochran Firm Atlanta is committed to seeing you receive the compensation you deserve. Call toll-free (404) 222-9922 for your free consultation or <a href=\"\/atlanta\/contact\/\">complete our convenient contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to file an Injury &amp; accident claim, contact our Accident Lawyers, who have expertise in <a href=\"\/atlanta\/auto-accident-lawyers\/\">Auto Accident<\/a>, <a href=\"\/atlanta\/car-accidents\/\">Car Accident<\/a>, <a href=\"\/atlanta\/brain-injury-lawyers\/\">Brain Injury<\/a>, <a href=\"\/atlanta\/personal-injury-lawyers\/\">Personal Injury<\/a>, <a href=\"\/atlanta\/premises-liability-lawyers\/\">Premises Liability<\/a>,<a href=\"\/atlanta\/trucking-accident-lawyers\/\">Truck Accident<\/a>, <a href=\"\/atlanta\/personal-injury-lawyers\/police-misconduct\/\">Police Misconduct<\/a> and <a href=\"\/atlanta\/practice-areas\/\">Other Areas of Practice<\/a>. Call The Cochran Firm Atlanta toll-free at <a href=\"tel:4042229922\">(404) 222-9922<\/a>, or send us your queries using this\u00a0<a href=\"\/atlanta\/contact\/\">inquiry form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as buckle up was the catchphrase in the 1980s for promoting seat belt use, the no phone zone is the slogan for today\u2019s driving generation.\u00a0 Statistics show that cell phone use and texting while driving can lead to auto accidents.\u00a0 Consequently, more and more states are joining the text ban roster.\u00a0 If you suffer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"America's Newest Driving Campaign To Prevent Accidents","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,10],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accident","category-local","tag-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10913,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/10913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}