Texting while you’re driving
p2pnet news | off topic:- Did they need a poll to figure this out?
Texting messages or emailing while you’re ‘driving is dangerous and distracting, says a new survey.
Maybe it should even be banned, says a report commissioned by mobile messaging service Pinger.
On top of that, 91% of respondents said texting or emailing while at the wheel could be compared to drinking and driving.
“What is astonishing is that two in three drivers (66 percent) admit reading text messages or emails while behind the wheel and also 57 percent admitted to sending text messages or emails while driving,” says the Pinger, adding:
“The survey shows that neither men nor women are more innocent when it comes to texting while driving, the rates of the two categories being equal.
“However, age makes the difference: 64 percent of those admitting sending text messages or emails while driving were aged 18 to 34, while just 6 percent were older than 55 years.”
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Pinger – Don’t Text And Drive, Says [sic] US Adults, August 8, 2007
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August 8th, 2007 at 6:41 am
What an amazing and revealing bit of research there. Seriously, they actually asked people if they think it’s safe to take your eyes off the road to read an email? What kind of response were they expecting to get? What’s next? A ‘do you think it’s safe to drive with your windscreen covered up’ poll?