37% of teens find text messaging while driving extremely distracting

papau

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Fri Oct-27-06 09:51 PM
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37% of teens find text messaging while driving extremely distracting

Edited on Fri Oct-27-06 10:09 PM by papau

The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety reports that, asked
to name major driving distractions, 37% of teen drivers cited text
messaging as extremely or very distracting - well ahead of the 20%
that said they were distracted because of their emotional state, and
19% who said the main distraction were friends in the vehicle.

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petronius

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Fri Oct-27-06 10:00 PM
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1. So what was the percentage who were willing to try

not text messaging while driving? I'd bet most of that 27% would respond with nothing more than a look of blank befuddlement if the suggestion was made...

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papau

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Fri Oct-27-06 10:08 PM
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2. I'm surprised the 37% are still alive -& sorry for saying 27% in error -

Edited on Fri Oct-27-06 10:11 PM by papau

I didn't notice the error until I saw the 27% in your post. Sorry I led you astray.

Looks like time for some sleep! :-)

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