Despite relentless public awareness campaigns, severe state penalties, and countless tragic headlines, New Jersey’s roadways remain plagued by an epidemic of distracted driving.
Despite relentless public awareness campaigns, severe state penalties, and countless tragic headlines, New Jersey’s roadways remain plagued by an epidemic of distracted driving.
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Despite relentless public awareness campaigns, severe state penalties, and countless tragic headlines, New Jersey’s roadways remain plagued by an epidemic of distracted driving. We share the Garden State Parkway, the Turnpike, and our local neighborhood streets with drivers whose eyes are glued to glowing screens instead of the road ahead of them.
The physics of distracted driving are terrifying. A vehicle traveling at 65 miles per hour covers nearly 100 feet per second. A driver who looks down at a text message or a social media notification for just five seconds will drive the entire length of a football field completely blind. In those five seconds, they can drift into oncoming traffic, blow through a red light at a busy intersection, or plow into a slowing vehicle, causing a catastrophic, life-altering collision.
If you or a loved one has been injured by a distracted driver, you are likely feeling a profound sense of anger and injustice. Your life has been upended—you are facing agonizing pain, emergency surgeries, and massive medical debt—all because someone decided that a text message was more important than your safety. At Pinnacle Injury Law, we channel that anger into aggressive, relentless legal action. We are premier New Jersey trial attorneys dedicated to exposing distracted drivers, piercing their lies, and holding them fully financially accountable for the devastation they cause.
What New Jersey Law Prohibits
New Jersey has some of the strictest distracted driving laws in the United States. Under N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3, the use of a handheld wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving is strictly prohibited. This includes holding a phone to talk, reading a text message, writing an email, or scrolling through a social media feed.
How a Violation Can Prove Negligence
When a driver violates this clear statutory rule and causes an accident, they have committed an act that the law often recognizes as evidence of negligence. While a traffic ticket for cell phone use is a matter for municipal court, Pinnacle Injury Law utilizes that violation in civil court. We argue that the driver's blatant disregard for New Jersey traffic law proves they breached their fundamental duty of care to you and the public, making them entirely liable for the damages that follow.
Because distracted drivers fail to brake or take evasive action before a crash, the impacts are almost always at full speed. The resulting injuries are devastating. We routinely represent victims suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), spinal cord severances, shattered pelvises, and complex joint fractures that require multiple, invasive orthopedic surgeries.
The insurance adjuster will attempt to offer you a quick, lowball settlement to close the book on your case before you understand the full, lifelong cost of your injuries. You must not sign anything.
Pinnacle Injury Law partners with elite medical specialists, life-care planners, and forensic economists to scientifically calculate the exact financial cost of your accident. We aggressively demand maximum compensation for:
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All past, present, and projected future medical care and rehabilitation.
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Lost wages and the total destruction of your future earning capacity.
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The profound physical pain, emotional trauma, and devastating loss of your quality of life.
Furthermore, in cases where the driver's distraction was exceptionally egregious—such as a commercial truck driver caught watching a movie on an iPad—we explore the pursuit of Punitive Damages. These are additional financial penalties designed not just to compensate you, but to severely punish the at-fault driver and deter others from engaging in such recklessly dangerous behavior.
Do not let a distracted driver destroy your life and walk away. Contact Pinnacle Injury Law today at 1 (800) 434-3799 or fill out our online form to schedule a free, fully confidential consultation. We finance the entire cost of the complex digital investigations required to win, and you pay us absolutely no legal fees unless we secure a financial victory on your behalf.
A Single Text Message Can Destroy a Life in Seconds.
If you are dealing with the aftermath described on this page, Pinnacle Injury Law can review what happened, what evidence may matter, and what next steps may be available.