CornerstoneTV - Today's Girls - Texting and Driving

1) 5 seconds is the minimal amount of attention that a driver who texts takes away from the road. If traveling at 55 mph, this equals driving the length of a football field without looking at the road.
2) Texting makes a crash up to 23 times more likely.
3) Teens who text while driving spend 10% of the time outside their lane.
4) According to AT&T's Teen Driver Survey, 97% of teens agree that texting while driving is dangerous, yet 43% do it anyway.
5) 19% of drivers of all ages admit to surfing the web while driving.

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