[trafficsafety] One in three young car drivers texting while driving ... !!!

New Jersey lawmakers may ban texting while driving

By Jon Hurdle

Mon Mar 26, 3:36 PM ET

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2622194620070326

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey drivers who insist on sending text
messages on their cell phones or personal digital assistants may find
themselves on the wrong side of the law if legislators approve a new
bill.

The plan is in response to a recent Nationwide Insurance survey
finding that one in five drivers are texting while driving, a figure
that rises to about one in three among people aged 18 to 34, said
Democratic Assemblyman Paul Moriarty.

"It's extremely dangerous," said Moriarty, one of three sponsors of
the bill. "It requires you to completely take your eyes off the road.
I see people driving down the street using both their thumbs to send a
text message, and I can only imagine they are steering with their
knees."

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