The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety reports what, to many of us, is obvious: that texting while driving is distracting.
The Institute was studying what affects teens while they’re driving. 37 percent of the participants reported they found texting a major distraction. 20 percent reported their feelings affecting their attention while 19 percent found their friends in their car to be the source.
Our take? We admit we were taken aback by this study, finding it hard to press the “Enter” button on our cellphones while driving, never mind actually trying to type a message with one hand while dealing with typical California traffic. Our suggestion is that chronic text-messengers be forced to drive a stick shift for at least a month while given the smallest cellphone possible.
personally, if you’re going to talk on the folk, get off the road!
yeah i hate it when you pass someone doing 42 mph in the fast lane and you look and see they are texting, it’s even worse than when people talk on the phone