Posted on November 17, 2010, 9:27 AM, by Text'nDrive, under
Surveys.
Texting while driving has been a hot issue in 2010 and the latest telephone poll shows so.
A new Ramussen Report national telephone survey reveals that 94% of the people surveyed think that texting while driving should be banned. Still, there are some people who don’t think that the law should apply to individual rights. Just [...]
Texting while driving is the biggest distraction behind the wheel for American teens. The Allstate Foundation’s recent survey showed that 82% of teens report using cell phones while driving, while only 23% admit to drinking and driving. And according to data collected by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more teenagers die on May 20 [...]
The American Automobile Association is on a mission to put a nation-wide ban on texting while driving in the next 3 years.
Citing a 2008 study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association reporting that car accidents caused by drivers who were using their cellphone while driving accounted for 5,870 fatalities and 515,000 injuries nationwide, AAA [...]