New York (Reuters)-nearly all of the teenagers are all agree, text messaging while driving is dangerous, but nearly half admit that they've done all, however, according to published on Monday a new national survey.
Three quarters of the teens also said that in the online voting, text messaging while driving is common, their friends, and report on driving, the parents almost at the same speed, because they do text.
For AT&T, by an independent research institutions for the poll, the second time in a week in the survey agreed to text messages while driving teenagers is dangerous, even many people admit to do so.
Consumer reports said, last week's investigation shows, although 10 eight said, they know that risk, about 29%, 16 to 21 years old driver has to send text messages, and in the past month driving.
AT&T's brand, consumer safety and education director andrei said, as the main communication mode teenagers, in a month on average more than 3400 according to Nielsen survey, text messaging, influence is amazing.
"We know, omission has always been a problem, even so, we see teenagers admit text messaging and driving is surprisingly high Numbers," brand says.
97% of respondents said some survey 1200 teenagers drive to send a text message, about two-thirds of the said this is very dangerous, is dangerous. However, 43% said they had in the past three months to complete.
On top of the problem is looking for a drive to the ideological text messages.
"The result showed that, reading a text is (as) is less than the input text risk," she said.
Six hundred and ten percent of teens said they in their own mobile phone look at, and in the past three months to drive.
About 41% also said they have seen in recent months parents driving and text messages. Seven hundred and seventy percent of adults agreed to text statement, and driving "all the time."
Brand said the results help the company dealing with other can wait for the "initiative. A is a text message, and launched a driving simulator, mainly concentrated in the school last week, 30 city tourism. A computerized cars can let users almost to text and drive, provide a reality and see what happens.
In the poll, 89% of teenagers expect right away reply E-mail or text message, or in five minutes.
Other results including hispanics driver, teenagers and their parents, and white or African driver of text messages between rate is higher. Complete results can be found att. Com/itcanwait.
According to the national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA), about 3092 people were killed, 2010 in "distraction influence collapse", or 9.4% of the number of road deaths.
A national highway transportation security agency's survey found that this year's drivers 18 to 20 display phone in or close to collapse collapse of the highest level and age three times more likely to read or send email or text, and driving than 25 and older,.
The 50 states 36 has banned the use of mobile equipment keyboard, and driving and 10 states have already banned holding the phone.




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