{"id":117,"date":"2009-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.njstateauto.com\/general-auto-news\/alleged-text-messager-crashes-into-building-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2009-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T00:00:00","slug":"alleged-text-messager-crashes-into-building-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/blog\/alleged-text-messager-crashes-into-building-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged text messager crashes into building in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in Chicago said that a 2001 Jeep<\/a> wagon collided with a small car as a result of alleged texting, and the mangled cars then went into a building, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n

Jessica Flanagan, 25, was allegedly driving the Jeep when it collided with a parked Toyota<\/a> Yaris, Shakespeare District Captain Marc Buslik told the Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>\n

Police told the news provider that the two cars then traveled into construction in progress, reportedly mangling a parking meter in the process.<\/p>\n

Flanagan was cited for failing to maintain her lane and using a cell phone, the news provider reported, after she allegedly told officers she had been texting and reportedly not watching the road.<\/p>\n

She may not be the only driver who underestimates the effects of distractions on driving ability, according to a study in the Journal of Safety Research.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that drivers didn’t distinguish between activities with or without distractions, although they performed markedly worse.<\/p>\n

The National Safety Council estimates that cell phone use leads to up to 636,000 car crashes annually, causing more than $40 billion in damage.<\/p>\n

Find Used Jeep cars with New Jersey State Auto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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