Similar Driving Behaviors of Drunken, Drowsy & Distracted TX Drivers

Houston news channels recently reported another fatal tollway crash on North Sam Houston Parkway where one vehicle plowed into the vehicles ahead of it without slowing while approaching a tollbooth. This particular crash resulted from the negligence of a drunken driver.

Pearland accident lawyer asks if this fatal tollway crash reminds anyone else of another recent fatal tollway crash? That other fatal tollway crash might have resulted from a drowsy or distracted truck driver.

Statisticians and researchers have quietly been bringing some attention to the close relationship between the driving behavior of distracted drivers, drowsy drivers, and drunken drivers. Unfortunately, accidents like this fatal tollway crash have a more spectacular and costly way of bringing light to the same relationship.

Approximately 11 teens die each day from distracted driving. A person dies in an alcohol-related wreck about every forty minutes: that's about 18 people per day.

High-speed rear end crashes commonly result from these three types of drivers. Accidents where one vehicle suddenly veers off course and crashes head on into another vehicle also result frequently from these three types of drivers.

The bottom line is that these crashes and their resulting injuries or fatalities have become far too common on our Texas roads. And the problem continues to grow. Highlighting the problems of distracted driving and drowsy driving to grow awareness of the issues can help.

Bringing penalties for these two dangerous acts more in line with those of the recognized danger of drunk driving could also help. The critical point is that we do something before more innocent people are lost or maimed in high-speed crashes involving drowsy drivers or distracted drivers.