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AT&T texting-while-driving simulator, offered by The Peers Foundation

By now, most teens know that texting and handheld cellphone use while driving is dangerous. Yet they continue to do so; a Consumer Reports survey reported just last week that eight in 10 young drivers admit to texting and driving.

Laws are getting tougher on this type of distracted-driving behavior. Thirty-eight states, Washington, D.C. and Guam now have laws banning all texting by drivers, and 31 states and D.C. ban cell phone use by novice drivers. But how do we get teens to keep both hands on the wheel?
AT&T, a major wireless carrier, commissioned a new study of teen drivers as part of its “It Can Wait” campaign. The results are not surprising, but nonetheless deeply disturbing. There’s a profound disconnect between what teens consider as “dangerous” or “very dangerous” behavior and what they actually do.

The survey found that 97 percent of teens know texting while behind the wheel is dangerous, 43 percent admit to sending a text while driving, and 75 percent say the practice is common among their friends.
Stopping at a red light and texting? Seventy percent thought that was dangerous, but, again, 60 percent said they do it anyway during a red light stop.
Eighty-nine percent of teens (almost nine in 10) expect a reply to a text or email message within five minutes.
Nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of teens surveyed own a smartphone and 54 percent report owning a traditional cell phone.
When asked how many messages they send and receive on an average day, nearly half (46 percent) said they send and receive between 21 and 100 text messages a day. An additional 17 percent said they send over 100 text messages daily.

Read more at On Tour: AT&T Driving Simulator Helps Teens See Texting Danger

 

[infinite_limitz]

So theyre raising awareness about this ish. i bet you half of those teens texted on the way home. but on the more serious side im glad someone brought it up.

 

[Lopez]

Texting and driving is a terrible habit. I do it every so often.

My bro does it all the time. Almost crashed a couple times before. I had to yell at him to brake.

 

[Jx_boi88]

I've tried texting and driving not worth it. I had a couple of close encounters. or maybe im just bad at it lol.

 

[BobOB]

I'm hoping there will be a cell phone technology that senses vehicle movement and disables texting and non-bluetooth phone use. I just saw a picture of a sports car that nosed under a simi-trailer at high speed. The driver was killed. He was texting his wife telling her that he was 5 minutes from home. Its just not worth it. I think simulators like the one shown are fantastic.