According to crash statistics available from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), distracted driving continues to be an ongoing issue throughout the U.S. Recent data from the NHTSA indicates a steady, nationwide increase in incidents of text messaging while driving, despite laws prohibiting the same.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a new report by US Mobile Data Market, Update Q3 2012, suggests that there has been a drop in the number of texts sent each month by users via cell phone, from an average of 699 texts sent during the second quarter of 2012, to just 678 in the third quarter. While some safe driving advocates lauded the drop as a potential indicator that texting-while-driving laws were influencing behavior, the information in the US Mobile report does not drill down enough to indicate which texts were sent via a potentially distracted driver and which were sent in other situations.<\/p>\n
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