Everyone knows that texting while driving is dangerous, and a new survey just released by AT&T in conjunction with a professor at the University Of Connecticut, School Of Medicine, explains the reasons why people still text even though they know they should not.
The survey revealed that almost a third of drivers continued to text while driving simply out of habit, nearly half as they wanted to keep in touch with friends, work or family and just below a third as they did not want to miss anything important.
As far as their feelings are concerned, nearly two out of 10 drivers admitted to feeling anxious if they did not reply immediately. What is concerning is that over 25 percent think that texting has no affect on their driving ability.
The survey was launched to coincide with the wider availability of the AT&T mobile phone app which turns off the incoming text noise when the driver is travelling at more than 15 miles an hour and instead sends a message to the sender that the recipient is busy.
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