Survey: People Text and Drive knowing Dangers

Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Many people do it anyway.

In an AT&T-sponsored survey of drivers who text daily — regardless of where they are — 98 percent said they were aware of the dangers of texting behind the wheel. Nonetheless, three-quarters of them admitted to texting while driving, despite broad public-service campaigns and laws against it in some states.

If this doesn't stop you from Texting while driving ...

Two-thirds said they have read text messages while stopped at a red light or stop sign, while more than a quarter said they have sent texts while driving. More than a quarter of those who texted while driving believed they ‘‘can easily do several things at once, even while driving.’’

 .... This sure as hell will

The telephone survey of 1,004 US adults was released Wednesday by AT&T Inc. as part of a campaign against texting and driving. AT&T designed the survey with David Greenfield, founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction and a professor at the University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine.

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