Whedbee Insurance Blog

Have you ever thought, “Do I really need car insurance?” It would be a quick and easy answer to simply say, “YES.” I would like to take it a step further and explain how insurance is more than another bill in your budget, and how having no insurance at the time of an accident impacted my life and could similarly impact yours.

In a world where everything is available to us on the go, it gets increasingly more difficult to unplug ourselves from the wonders of technology, even during our daily commute. The CDC describes three categories of distraction: visual (distracted eyes), manual (distracted hands), and cognitive (distracted mind). Distracted driving is one of the most prominent causes of accidents on our roadways. According to the statistics posted to distraction.gov, “In 2014 3,179 people were killed, and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.” Here are some of the most common distractions we face in our vehicles daily.