Third Of Teens Say They've Texted While Driving, Survey Shows

msn.com:

A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Comments

[drivesafely]

Recognize the dangers of reading messages on the road. Install mobile application drivesafe.ly to listen to messages instead of reading them.

[tehixe]

The penalty for texting while driving should be summary removal of brain. People who text while driving don't use theirs, so they shouldn't get to keep them.

[benatmediacurves]

MediaCurves.com just conducted a study with 300 viewers of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) from the U.K. illustrating the dangers of texting and driving. Results showed that majority of viewers (80%) reported that they are less likely to text while driving after watching the PSA. The study also found that 85% of American viewers reported that the PSA should be aired in the U.S. The majority of viewers (87%) believe that the PSA is appropriate in nature, and 86% also indicated that the PSA was extremely effective. More in-depth results can be viewed at http://www.mediacurves.com/NationalMediaFocus/J7508-PSA/Index.cfm
Thanks,
Ben

[BowlingForRevenge]

I honestly had hoped that qwerty keyboards would have slowed down the texting while driving.
Yesterday as I was coming home I observed a man with both arms through the upper part of his truck steering wheel texting on a Blackberry while going down I-35 @ a steady 70 MPH.
When I got home I sat in my driveway and attempted to do it.
Apparently I am absurdly uncoordinated.

[kobio]

That's it I'm trading in my vw golf and buying a diesel F250! Holy Crap.

[Gucci Mane]

I'm not sure why I opened this article... I thought there would be news, not just "obvious"

[brady61995]

they were texting the survey while they were driving. people need to pay attention better not just teens