Adults as likely to text while driving as teens, study says - CNN.com

Adults as likely to text while driving as teens, study says - CNN.com

The texting/talking cell phone usage issue is an interesting one. The article said that 6000 people died last year from accidents caused by distracted drivers. I question what other distractions might be. I know that I am far more distracted by the whole text message thing than I am talking on the cell phone. Out on the open roads I admit to texting. When my daughter was sixteen I made her read, highlight and write a report about using the cell phone and driving. When I think of 6,000 people dying though, I think that this is preventable. I think that teenagers are less experienced at driving and more experienced at texting and adults are more experienced at driving than teenagers. That balances out, so I guess none of us should be using a cell phone and driving. We need to remember that we are controlling a multi-ton object at very high speeds and we need to do everything that we can to keep it, others, and ourselves safe. We can take a step towards that by not texting or talking on cell phones and involving ourselves in other distracting behaviors as we drive.