I’m not sure why, but our website statistics show that literally hundreds of people per week find our site while doing searches for "texting while driving" or something similar. To help those people out, I thought I’d put together a few links that have good information about this danger. If you have other links of interest, please add them into the comment section below.

For general information about car wrecks, you can check out our auto accident and car wreck page or our personal injury page.

Thanks.

Brooks Schuelke

• KSPR: KSPR Tests Teens Texting While Driving (2/21/2008)
• USN&WR: Outlawing Text Messaging While Driving (2/11/2008)
• WMUR: Studies Show Dangers of Texting While Driving (2/11/2008)
• Washingtong Post: Va Considers Ban On Driving While Texting (1/12/2008)
• Boston Globe: Man Texting While Driving When He Hit Teen (12/28/2007)
• MSN: Texting While Driving? U R so busted! (9/9/2007)
• INJURYBOARD: Most Americans Want to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (8/8/2007)
• USA TODAY: Stop Text Messaging, Drivers Urged (6/11/2007)
• Seattle Times: Washington State Bans Cell Phones and Texting While Driving (5/11/2007)
• ABC: Texting While Driving Could Spell Trouble (5/8/2007)
• MSN: Should Driving While Texting Be A Crime? (Undated)

Studies (or articles about specific studies)

• Clemson University Study Shows Texting While Driving is Dumb (1/3/2008)
• Person texting while driving 6 times more likely to be in a wreck (8/8/2007)
• SADD: Text messaging leading distraction for teen drivers (7/19/2007)
• AAA Survey of Teens Texting While Driving (7/11/2007)
• Texas Transportation Institute Survey of Teens’ Risky Driving Habits

Legal Resources/Blogs

• $4.1 million verdict for woman hit by driver using BlackBerry (12/14/2006)
• Text Messaging: New Car Accident Danger
• City Bans Text Messaging While Driving
• Dangers of Driving While Texting
• Road Texting: An Accident Waiting to Happen

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written by hotcars , April 09, 2008

Some good articles about text messaging while driving. I think they should double the fines and maybe revoke liscense for doing it.

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