A survey of more than 90 teens from more than 26 high schools throughout the United States conducted by Liberty Mutual Insurance Group in 2006 showed that 46% of students consider texting to be either "very" or "extremely" distracting. ĭespite the acknowledgement of the dangers of texting behind the wheel, about half of drivers 16 to 24 say they have texted while driving, compared with 22 percent of drivers 35 to 44. Recently, AAA released a study showing texting while driving is six times more likely to cause an accident than drunk driving. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released polling data that show that 87% of people consider texting and e-mailing while driving a "very serious" safety threat, almost equivalent to the 90% of those polled who consider drunk driving a threat. adults think that text messaging while driving is "distracting, dangerous and should be outlawed". The low number of scientific studies may be indicative of a general assumption that if talking on a mobile phone increases risk, then texting also increases risk, and probably more so. ![]() A separate, yet unreleased simulation study at the University of Utah found a sixfold increase in distraction-related crashes when texting. Mean speed, speed variability, lateral position when receiving text messages, and following distance showed no difference. Specifically, negative effects were seen in detecting and responding correctly to road signs, detecting hazards, time spent with eyes off the road, and (only for sending text messages) lateral position. A systematic review study at the Queensland University of Technology Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland CARRS-Q found that visual-manual interactions such as texting and browsing have a detrimental effect on a number of safety-critical driving measures. The scientific literature on the dangers of driving while sending a text message from a mobile phone, or driving while texting, is limited but growing. The International Telecommunication Union states that "texting, making calls, and other interaction with in-vehicle information and communication systems while driving is a serious source of driver distraction and increases the risk of traffic accidents". Department of Transportation, drivers between the ages of 20 to 29 are the most likely to text while driving. Research by the NHTSA suggested that an estimated 660,000 drivers out of almost 212 million licensed drivers used their phones at any given daylight moment in the U.S. As a form of distracted driving, texting while driving significantly increases the chances that a driver will be involved in a motor vehicle accident. ![]() ![]() Texting while driving is considered extremely dangerous by many people, including authorities, and in some places has either been outlawed or restricted. Texting while driving, also called texting and driving, is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle. Texting while driving creates unnecessary distractions, and can be dangerous.
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