...[R]esearch by SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)... indicated that a good majority of teens are well aware that texting and driving aren't compatible. The national survey of more than 900 teens with driver's licenses from 26 high schools rated instant or text messaging while driving as the biggest distraction (37 percent) while driving. In fact, it was 17 percent higher than "the driver's emotional state" (20 percent) and 18 percent higher than "having several friends in the car." The latter, by the way, is now prohibited among Oklahoma's youngest drivers thanks to Rep. Danny Morgan's graduated driver's license program.
Sadder still is the fact that all of these kids polled by SADD said they picked up their bad habits from their parents. Some 62 percent of the polled teens told researchers their parents talk on a cell phone while driving.
(NOTE: bolding was not in the original story)
Anyone else heard of SADD? We probably need to follow up on this.
UPDATE -- Click here for a SADD press release about this topic.
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