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sending or reading text messages on
their cell phone. (2010, Pew Research
Center)
FACT #25
44% of adults say they have been passengers of drivers who used the cell
phone in a way that put themselves or
others in danger.
FACT #28
FACT #26
36% of teens say they have been involved in a near-crash because of their
own or someone else's distracted driving. (2010, Pew Research Center)
Distracted driving is the number one
killer of American teens. Alcohol-related accidents among teens have
dropped, but teenage traffic fatalities
have remained unchanged because
distracted driving is on the rise. (2007,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and
State Farm Insurance Study and NHTSA
Study)
FACT #27
FACT #29
While over 90% of teen drivers say they
don't drink and drive, 9 out of 10 say
they've seen passengers distracting
the driver, or drivers using cell phones.
(2006, National Teen Driver Survey)
About half of drivers 16 to 24 said they
had texted while driving, compared
with 22 percent of drivers 35 to 44.