- Texting while driving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Texting while driving leads to increased distraction behind the wheel. In 2006, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group conducted a survey of more than 900 teens from more than 26 high schools nationwide. The results showed that 37% of students ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texting_while_driving
- Most teens still driving while distracted - USATODAY.com
1 Aug 2010 ... The survey by Seventeen magazine and auto club AAA highlights the difficulty of the nation's efforts to stop texting while driving, especially among young drivers. " Teens do continue to drive distracted even when they ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-02-teendrivers02_ST_N.htm
- Cell Phone Accident Statistics and Texting While Driving Facts
About 6000 deaths and a half a million injuries are caused by distracted drivers every year. While teenagers are texting, they spend about 10 percent of the time outside the driving lane they're supposed to be in. Talking on a cell phone while ...
http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html
- Teens Texting While Driving in Alarming Numbers [STUDY]
16 Nov 2009 ... The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just published the results of a study on distracted driving behavior amongst teenagers which shows that teens are aware of the dangers of texting while driving, but they choose to ...
http://mashable.com/2009/11/16/teens-dangerous-driving/
- Working To Stop Teens Texting Behind The Wheel : NPR
10 May 2010 ... While teens may be aware of the danger of texting while driving, it doesn't faze them, says 16-year-old Bethany Brown, of Cave Creek, Ariz., who recently won a nationwide contest for producing a PSA against distracted ...
http://www.npr.org/2010/05/10/126486142/working-to-stop-teens-texting-behind-t..
- Text Messaging and Driving - Texting Can Wait | AT&T
In today's digital age, teens and adults alike are staying connected by texting. For many, the allure of quickly reading and responding while driving can be tempting. According to the AT&T Teen Driver Survey, almost 90 percent of teens expect ...
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964
- 46% of Teenagers Admit to Text Messaging While Driving | Driver's ...
According to AAA, 46% percent of all teenage drivers admit to text messaging while driving, and that says nothing of the teens who won't own up to the practice. 51% admit to talking on the cell phone while driving, though most of us who know ...
http://www.driversedguru.com/driving-articles/drivers-ed-extras/46-of-teenager..
- Text Free Driving
The Text Free Driving Organization works to raise the awareness of motorists to the growing danger of text messaging while driving. ... Texting while driving: Adults are just as bad as teens, study finds · Texting while driving: the new drunk ...
http://www.textfreedriving.org/
- 11 Facts About Teen Driving | Do Something
Texting while driving makes you 4 times more likely to cause a crash. Almost 65 % of all teen passenger deaths occurred when another teen was driving. Teens ... An overwhelming 75% of teens even admit to text messaging while driving.
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-driving
- Parents of teen who died texting and driving: 'Kids think they're ...
5 Mar 2012 ... that was tragically prophetic. taylor posted to a friend that she had to stop writing because she was driving. soon after, she ran into a tanker truck and was killed instantly. her parents are turning their loss into a mission to save ...
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46627015/ns/today-today_news/t/parents-teen-who-..
