| Texting while driving statistics indicated that among | | | | is three seconds before the actual accident - this |
| casualties involved teenagers between the ages of | | | | distraction is responsible for at least four fifths of all |
| sixteen and nineteen, about twenty per cent of | | | | accidents and about fifteen percent less of all near |
| accidents caused were due to texting while driving. | | | | accidents. Hand held speech devices such as the cell |
| Those in the age group of sixteen to nineteen had | | | | phones and PDAs were acknowledged as the primary |
| mainly lost their lives due to road accidents. | | | | cause of such mishaps. |
| Texting while driving statistics indicate that these | | | | Texting while driving statistics indicate that it |
| figures can rise by early five percent every year | | | | absolutely necessary for parents to counsel their |
| unless the governments implement laws which | | | | teenaged children as to the hazards of texting while |
| prohibit the sending of text messages while driving or | | | | driving. Parents need to tell their children that it is |
| using the cell phone without the hands free option. | | | | better to be safe than sorry and a moment's loss of |
| Statistics indicate that only about seven percent of all | | | | concentration, especially, when driving at high speeds |
| drivers on the road are those between the ages of | | | | can have disastrous consequences, They should also |
| sixteen and nineteen, yet they figure to the extent | | | | inform their friends so that they can counsel their |
| of nearly fifteen percent of all road mishaps. | | | | children likewise - after all, if one teenager sees his |
| Studies indicate that the response time (while driving) | | | | friends do it (texting while driving) then the other too |
| of a twenty year old approximate that of a seventy | | | | follow. Also, parents, themselves must not be seen |
| year old person. In case of the latter, it is due to | | | | doing the same thing as that will set a bad example |
| their old age but in the case of a twenty year old, it | | | | for their children who will begin to feel that if their |
| s because of their sheer overconfidence that driving | | | | parents can do it, then why can't I? |
| is easy and they can easily send text messages while | | | | Now, not only talking on the cell phone while driving is |
| driving or use their cell without the hands free option. | | | | causing accidents - even surfing the net or checking |
| One study conducted in the state of Virginia has | | | | your emails from palm held devices or sending text |
| indicated that the most crucial period for an accident | | | | messages are responsible for accidents. |