Texting while driving is dangerous. We know that intuitively; we know it because the statistics say so; we know it because we have seen any number of public service announcements warning of its hazards. A whopping 98 percent of respondents in a recent survey of people who text at least once a day acknowledged the danger of texting while driving — yet most admitted to doing it anyway. The survey, conducted by David Greenfield, founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, was sponsored by AT&T.
Great article Erika. Endless technology has deluded us that we can multi-task when really we all need to remember how to solo-task.
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Texting Drivers Willing to Play With Fire
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 10, 2014 10:51 AMTexting while driving is dangerous. We know that intuitively; we know it because the statistics say so; we know it because we have seen any number of public service announcements warning of its hazards. A whopping 98 percent of respondents in a recent survey of people who text at least once a day acknowledged the danger of texting while driving — yet most admitted to doing it anyway. The survey, conducted by David Greenfield, founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, was sponsored by AT&T.
Gary Turk captured it best in his Look Up video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY