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Vlingo Reveals New Data Regarding Teen Driver Distractions as Nation Prepares for National Teen Driver Safety Week
October 19, 2009Vlingo Corporation released new data regarding teen distracted driving habits today from its second annual Vlingo Consumer Mobile Messaging Habits Report as the nation prepares for National Teen Driver Safety Week October 18-24. The Vlingo report finds 60 percent of teens admit to reading incoming text messages while driving. Text messaging has overtaken the phone as the primary communications medium for teens. According to the Vlingo study, 94 percent of teens use their mobile phones to send text messages. Fifty-four percent send more than 500 text messages per month and 79 percent send more text messages than make phone calls. Teens use text messaging primarily to communicate with friends (72 percent). While 62 percent of teens support making driving while texting (DWT) illegal, only 34 percent favor making it illegal if a hands-free solution was available. Notably, teens are in favor of technology that would make DWT safer. Ninety percent of teens would use a technology solution that let them speak text and email messages by voice and have incoming messages read to them while driving instead of typing. Full release.