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Texting and Driving Survey Says Adults are Worse than Teens

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

If you thought teens were the biggest offenders when it comes to texting while driving, think again.

There’s a new poll out from AT&T which shows nearly half of all adults have admitted to texting behind the wheel while driving. Compare that to just 43 percent of teens.

And the problem has gotten worse.  Six in 10 commuters say they never texted while driving three years ago.  While there are many public efforts to raise the awareness of the dangers of texting while driving,  98% of commuters surveyed said they know sending a text or email while driving isn’t safe.

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Here's what you can do. Join the movement to make texting and driving as socially unacceptable as drinking and driving during April which is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Take the pledge to never text and drive again at www.itcanwait.com.  Set an example.  77 percent of teens have seen their parents text and drive and 75 percent say it is common among their peers. 

More than 1.3 people have taken the pledge at itcanwait.com or thru Facebook, Twitter or at events around the country.  It’s time for every one of us to put down the phone when we get behind the wheel. No text is worth dying for.

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