 Nearly half a million people (448,000) were injured in a recent year in car accidents involved distracted driving (the providence journal)

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 Nearly half a million people (448,000) were injured in a recent year in car accidents involved distracted driving (the providence journal)

 The national highway traffic safety administration says that drivers under 20 have, in proportion to other age groups, the most instances of distracted driving. The next age group is under 29.  The insurance institute for highway safety says that drivers who use hand-held devices are four times more likely to get into a serious crash

 18 percent of all reported deaths from distracted driving involved a cell phone

 One Nielsen study concluded that the average teenager sends more than 3,000 texts a month and that texting is now the number one reason that teens desire their own cell phone.  Without common sense and laws, it is reasonable to conclude, teens will exhibit the same behavior when behind a wheel as well as texting on a regular basis.

 Sprint is the latest cell phone carrier to join in the fight against distracted driving  The app locks the phone when the car is moving over 10 mph  Calls will go automatically to voic . Alerts for or texts will be silenced when activated, and an automated, customizable message will be sent as a response  Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile (first carrier) has the application

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