Adults may be bigger “texting” threat than kids, study says
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A study today of texting while driving is presenting more evidence that it's not a generational thing anymore.
A study today of texting while driving is presenting more evidence that it's not a generational thing anymore.
According the Pew Research poll, "27% of all American adults say they have sent or read text messages while driving. That compares with 26% of all American teens ages 16-17 who reported texting at the wheel in 2009."
What's more, 61 percent of adults surveyed admit to talking on cellphones while driving, a number that's much higher than the kids. Kids don't talk, of course. They text.
But it's not just distracted driving; it's distracted everything. One in six of those surveyed say they've physically bumped into something because they were so consumed with their "communicators."
Texting while driving in Minnesota is a petty misdemeanor, and you can't be stopped by police for doing it; you have to be stopped for some other infraction first.
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