Alarming Study Reveals Teen Drivers Spend 21% Of The Time Looking At Their Phones

An alarming new study has found that some teen drivers in the US spend as much as 21% of their time at the wheel looking at their phones, creating a substantial risk of distracted driving crashes.

While much of this was brief glances, more than 5% of driving time comprised looking at their phone for 2+ seconds a time, long enough to qualify as dangerous.

The study includes survey responses from 1,126 teen drivers across all four US regions, along with in-depth interviews with a smaller group of high schoolers. Most participants recognized that distracted driving is unsafe and believed their parents and peers disapproved of the behavior.

The explanation for this disconnect is normalization of the behavior, with most teens saying their friends do it.

While 30% of the screen time was for navigation, this was actually a smaller percentage than messaging (40%) and using entertainment apps (65%).

If you’re a parent of teen drivers, you might want to show them the following three videos to help them understand the enormous risks involved. The final one of the three is particularly hard-hitting.

Selected excerpt(s) and linked article courtesy of Ben Lovejoy, 9to5mac(dot)com
Royalty-free photo courtesy of Google’s ImageFX

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