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May 13, 2012Washington Post
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In an online survey of 1,300 teen drivers with cellphones, scheduled for release Monday, the youths said that even though their parents may warn them against it, they think adult drivers send text messages “all the time.”
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Oct 19, 2010NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie discussed cell phone trends and texting culture on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Other guests include Katherine Rosman, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at America...
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Sep 2, 2010msnbc.com
More American adults have taken to texting in the past year, but teens still take the crown when it comes to using their phones for text-messaging, with 87 percent of them doing so, according to a new study.
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Jul 3, 2010the Boston Globe
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Talking on a cellphone while driving remains legal for those over 18, but under the new rule, texting, e-mailing, Internet searching, and other noncalling activity is forbidden, including those seemingly harmless stoplight phone...
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Jun 25, 2010U.S. News & World Report
A recent study, titled “Adults and Cell Phone Distraction,” has found that adults may be worse than teens when it comes driving while using a cell phone.
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Jun 24, 2010New York Times
If you think it is teenagers who are primarily guilty of sending text messages while driving, think again.
According to a new poll from the Pew Internet and ...
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Jun 18, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Adults are just as likely as teenagers to text while driving, according to a report released Friday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
The report, titled "Adults and Cell Phone Distractions," found n...
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Jun 18, 2010Associated Press
If you're about to warn your teenager about the dangers of texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new report suggests you look in the mirror first.
A study released Friday by The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life ...
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Jun 18, 2010msnbc.com
Americans overwhelmingly think texting while driving is dangerous, but about half of cell phone users do it anyway. Worse yet, 44 percent of U.S. adults say they've been a passenger in a car when a driver used their cell phone in a way that creat...
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