Car Accidents Associated to Online Social Networking Activities

Last August 16, 2010, the world was shocked with the car accident death of the famous plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan. Personally, I haven’t known him since I am not that updated with international celebrities all over the world. Nonetheless, what caught my attention is the cause of his death.

Dr. Ryan was with his dog named Jill on that day while driving in the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, where the accident also occurred. After falling off from the cliff investigators found out from the autopsy report that his death was caused by distracted driving because of tweeting. Well, isn’t that ironic that even a famous doctor like him would engage in such activity while driving? See, how tweeting and facebooking can be so addicting. The doctor’s last tweet will serve as a reminder to all of us that tweeting too hard can be very perilous; where in the doctor’s case had caused his death.

We’ve been hearing local news car accidents like texting and talking on the phone while driving and car accident advice has always been to refrain from doing these things while on your steering wheel. Even the most intense driving lesson and safety driving course cannot spare us from doing such things because these mainly rely on our own common sense. Happy driving and make sure to stay away from your phone.