Adults and Cell Phone Distractions

According to the latest information from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, one in four (27%) American adults say they have texted while driving, the same proportion as the number of driving age teens (26%) who say they have texted while driving.

• 61% of adults say they have talked on their cell phones while they were behind the wheel. That is considerably greater than the number of 16- and 17-year-olds (43%) who have talked on their cells while driving. 
• 49% of adults say they have been passengers in a car when the driver was sending or reading text messages on their cell phone.
• 44% of adults say they have been passengers of drivers who used the cell phone in a way that put themselves or others in danger.
• One in six (17%) cell-toting adults say they have been so distracted while talking or texting that they have physically bumped into another person or an object. That amounts to 14% of all American adults who have been so engrossed in talking, texting or otherwise using their cell phones that they bumped into something or someone.

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Okay Loudoun County commuters, let's put down the cell phones while we're out on the roadways!

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