The Pew Research Center has found that parents are out-texting teens in terms of the amount of sending and reading of texts that is being done on our roads.
About 47 percent of adults who use the text-messaging function on their cell phones said they have read or sent messages while driving. That compares with 34 percent of texting teens, ages 16 and 17.
When you look around at the number of people on the phone while they are driving, I would guess it really shouldn’t be a surprise.
Here at the Injurboard, a number of the blogs have been focused on teenagers, so it’s time that we all widen our intended reader group and point out to everyone that it is far to dangerous too be texting and driving.
Texting – More Deadly than Drunk Driving?, Joe Crumley, September 22, 2009 7:01 AM
Study Shows Texting While Driving Highly Dangerous, Rick Shapiro, July 29, 2009 8:00 PM
Texting By Drivers Proven to Be Extreme Hazard, Mark Williams, July 28, 2009 5:41 PM
Ignoring the Dangers of Texting While Driving May Lead to Serious Consequences, Will Parker July 30, 2009 4:53 PM
Texting and Driving – More Deadly than Drinking and Driving?, Jeremy Thurman, September 20, 2008 3:18 PM
And the must see:
If Teen Driving and Texting is Fun Why Is She Crying?, Steve Lombardi, September 01, 2009 1:07 PM
As I’ve pointed out before, you really should just be driving when you are driving.
One of the solutions may be an app that is being looked at that would block texts when the phone is traveling at 10 mph or greater.
A founding partner with Bradshaw & Bryant, Mike Bryant has always fought to find justice for his clients—knowing that legal troubles, both personal injury and criminal, can be devastating for a family. Voted a Top 40 Personal Injury "Super Lawyer" multiple years, Mr. Bryant has also been voted one of the Top 100 Minnesota "Super Lawyers" four times.
2 Comments
Erik Wood
Parents needs to lead on this issue but this new report shows that its not happening. What about mutual accountability between parents and teens? If its OK with this forum, here is a link that explains how that might work:
- http://www.prlog.org/10790758-otter-text-and-drive-safety-app-calls-on-teens-and-parents-to-work-together.html
Anything that regularly takes your eyes off the road for hundreds of yards at a time is a public safety hazard. If teens and parents work together instead of pointing the finger at who is guiltier, we could start saving lives on our highways right now.
Erik Wood, owner
OTTER LLC
www.OTTERapp.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVn2vRYaSAU
Mike Bryant
Interesting idea, you are correct that the goal needs to be that people drive first when they are driving. Way to many other things going on. Thanks for reading and the comment/clip
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