I'm sure a lot of ladies have the great ability to multi-task whenever and wherever. I for one, am one of them! I can get a lot of things done while i'm driving. I mean Yeah Bluetooths and headsets are helpful, but how bout when you have to text someone while you are driving? I have an iPhone so I pretty much have a hard time feeling the buttons that don't even exist on my touch screen phone. I wonder if the cops will pull you over if you have been texting and can you get fined for that? I mean it's just as bad as talking on the cell phone.
Text messaging, or “texting” by teens, a driving distraction related to cellphone use, was the subject of an August 2006 Teens Today survey conducted by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). The survey showed that teens considered sending text messages via cellphones to be their biggest distraction. Of the teens surveyed, 37 percent said that text messaging was extremely or very distracting, while 20 percent said that they were distracted by their emotional states and 19 percent said that having friends in the car was distracting. The January 2007 survey by Nationwide found that 19 percent of motorists say they text message while driving.
Cellphones play an integral role in our society. However, the convenience they offer must be judged against the hazards they pose. Inattentive driving accounted for 6.4 percent of crash fatalities in 2003—the latest data available—according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Inattentive driving includes talking, eating, putting on make up and attending to children. Using cellphones and other wireless or electronic units are also considered distractions.
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