• 10 Dec 09
  

  jake D.
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    60 Percent of Teens Text While Driving

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    By Robert Roy Britt, Editorial Director

    
    

    posted: 21 May 2009 09:34 pm ET

    
    
    
    

    
    
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    Seven states and the District of Columbia have banned "driving while texting," or DWT. But that doesn't stop people from engaging in the dangerous behavior.
    

  • A new survey finds 26 percent of mobile phone users admit to DWT.
    Nearly 60 percent of respondents ages 16 to 19 do it.
    Drivers in Tennessee are the worst DWT offenders (42 percent). Arizona
    had the lowest number (18.8 percent).
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  • • Ironically, about 83 percent of the respondents think DWT should be banned
    • The 2-ton death machines
      Americans are so fond of kill about 40,000 people per year. No official
    • even hand-free mobile phone
      use is dangerously distracting.
    • Several studies have documented that any distracting activity —
      talking on cell phones, texting, searching for music files — increases
      the risk of accidents. Driving while talking on a cell phone makes
      people drive as poorly as drunks, one study showed.
    • 68 percent of 1,155 respondents — as of this writing — agreed that lawmakers ban use of cell phones while driving.)
• 26 Jun 09
  

  Vicki Davis

  Percentage of teens who text while driving. This is a concern and one that you should alleviate.

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