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Texting While Driving In North Carolina: The New Law | North Carolina Car Accident Attorneys

Most North Carolina drivers know that texting while driving has been banned for teens for the last two years, but a new law was signed by the Governor of North Carolina (NC) regarding texting while driving. If you're caught texting while driving in NC, you could receive a $100 traffic ticket. However, incurring a texting while driving violation will not add points to your drivers license.

If you'd like to learn more about the risks associated with texting behind the wheel, and distracted driving in general, please download our free consumer guide here.

texting, driving, accident, crash, wreck, injury, car, attorneyAlthough teen drivers are not allowed to use mobile devices while driving in any capacity, those over 18 in North Carolina are still allowed to talk on their cell phone while driving - the only exception is bus drivers, who are also not allowed to use any type of mobile device while on the road. The bus driver cell phone law includes both public school bus drivers and private school bus drivers.

Some that oppose the law wonder how the law might be enforced as it is difficult to catch someone texting while driving - and hard to prove it. However, a recent study that showed that truck drivers are 23 times more likely to crash while texting has even more people, groups, and organizations worried about the loss of life that might occur if texting remains legal behind the wheel. In another study, researchers found that teens were 8 times more likely to crash while driving if they often sent text messages while on the road. All hope that the new law will minimize distracted driving.

Noth Carolina is the 14th state to make texting and emailing while driving illegal.




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About the Editors: The North Carolina and South Carolina personal injury attorneys with Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton represent car accident, trucking crash, medical malpractice, wrongful death, brain and head injury, and railroad injury/FELA clients in the Tar Heel State and the Palmetto State.

We have an office at 101 E. Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth City, NC, and you can contact us there by dialing (252) 562-0303 or (800) 752-0042.

In terms of North Carolina personal injury cases, we serve clients in Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton, Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and the Outer Banks towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck and Dare.

For clients in South Carolina, we are prepared to help injury, wrongful death and accident victims in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Summerville, Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Greenvile, Anderson, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Clemson, Darlington and any other SC town, city or county.

We also maintain the following free resources for anyone with a personal injury law concern:the Best Guide to Car Accident Injuries in North Carolina, information for victims of car accidents in Elizabeth City, information for victims of car accidents in Greenville, information for victims of car wrecks in Rocky Mount, information about truck accidents in North Carolina, information for victims of medical malpractice in North Carolina, and information for victims who suffered a traumatic brain injury in their accident.  

Our lawyers hold licenses in North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC, and we have litigated injury cases throughout the Eastern United States with co-counsel. Two of of our attorneys have been listed among the Best Lawyers in North Carolina and America since 2010 and our law firm has been recognized as a "Best Law Firm" in North Carolina for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.

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