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Nov 17, 2009PC Magazine
You might want to confiscate that cell phone before letting your teenager head out on the open road. About 26 percent of American teenagers admit to texting while driving, while 48 percent of teens say they have witnessed a friend text from behind...
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Nov 16, 2009USA Today
There is a large body of evidence on the dangers of inattention and distraction when driving, including using cellphones, says Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist with Pew. Some studies indicate that talking on a cellphone is more distracti...
Nov 16, 2009MSNBC.com
A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver was texting, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. W...
Nov 16, 2009Washington Post
A gruesome British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a new study suggests it hasn't done much to change their...
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