Ramblin' Man: Colorado Springs military members like to text while driving

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Ramblin' Man: Colorado Springs military members like to text while driving
By Garrison Wells Updated: February 8, 2014 at 6:53 am • Published: February 8, 2014 | 12:00 am

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According to a survey by United Services Automobile Association that targeted 900 active-duty service members from nine communities with a large military presence in the United States, more than half - 53 percent - in Colorado Springs said they text while driving.

That's higher than survey respondents overall, which showed that 43 percent admit to texting while driving.

Besides the Springs, other cities that were part of the survey included Clarksville, Tenn.; Washington, D.C., Fayetteville, N.C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Norfolk, Va.; San Antonio; San Diego, and Tampa.

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For a lot of soldiers, it's a habit. More than two out of five (44 percent) in Colorado Springs said they text out of habit - slightly more than the 38 percent of service members overall. And while most of them, 91 percent, said that they consider texting while driving to be unsafe, 44 percent locally do it any way, the report says.