Licensed in Missouri and Kansas

Blog Posts in Texting While Driving

All Posts
  • Texting While Driving – Is It Worthy of Punitive Damages?
    Texting While Driving – Is It Worthy of Punitive Damages?

    In a Reddit post from a few months ago, a user posted a dashcam video of a driver looking at his phone. Each time the driver is distracted, the view goes black, representing the driver’s inability to ...

    Read More
  • Finally a Law Banning Texting While Driving in KC (Hopefully)
    Finally a Law Banning Texting While Driving in KC (Hopefully)

    The Kansas City Star Editorial Board wrote a piece recently praising an ordinance proposed to ban texting while driving in Kansas City. The board points out, as I did in a recent blog post, that ...

    Read More
  • Distracted Driving: The Trouble with Texting
    Distracted Driving: The Trouble with Texting

    Although the dangers of texting while driving have been well documented, a disturbing 77% of adults and 55% of teenagers say they can “ easily manage ” texting and driving. Unfortunately, even the ...

    Read More
  • Why Is Texting While Driving Still Allowed in Missouri?
    Why Is Texting While Driving Still Allowed in Missouri?

    In January of last year, the Kansas City Star’s editorial board wrote a piece about there being no law prohibiting texting while driving for Missouri drivers over the age of 21. This article is ...

    Read More
  • Despite Spike in Traffic Fatalities, Still No Texting While Driving Laws in Missouri
    Despite Spike in Traffic Fatalities, Still No Texting While Driving Laws in Missouri

    The Kansas City Star reported recently that traffic fatalities spiked last year in the Kansas City region. The article shows that as of the date it was published on December 22, 2017, there were 98 ...

    Read More
  • Texting While Driving Laws and Injury Cases
    Texting While Driving Laws and Injury Cases

    According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving caused 3,477 in 2015 alone. Much of those lives were lost because of mobile phone distraction; texting, emailing, ...

    Read More
  • Proposed Texting While Driving Law in Missouri
    Proposed Texting While Driving Law in Missouri

    Legislation is advancing in the Missouri Senate that would ban texting while driving. The bill would make texting while driving an infraction similar to a speeding ticket in which you would get points ...

    Read More
  • Texting While Driving
    Texting While Driving

    I read an interesting article in law journal today about company cell phone use motor vehicle accidents and want to share it with you. But first, a little background. Under a legal theory called ...

    Read More