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Study: More than a 25 percent of teens text while driving

A telephone survey of 800 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 found a quarter of them have sent text messages while behind the wheel. Boys and girls were just as likely to be the offenders the study found, which was conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. CNet reported [...]

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Friendly — and graphic reminder: Texting behind the wheel is illegal

As developers are working to help a eliminate the very problem that they helped create — text messaging while driving — the public battle against motorists has included legislation and a driver’s ed feel with a graphic video that started on YouTube and quickly spread its way across the internet. The 4 minute, 15 second [...]

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