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Texting Boosts Driver Crash Risk 23 Times

Texting while driving found to be deadliest distraction

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2009 1:49 AM CDT

(Newser) – A first-of-its-kind study has found that sending and receiving text messages is the deadliest distraction for drivers by far, the New York Times reports. The study, which involved cameras in the cabs of long-haul trucks, found that texting raised a driver's risk of collision a... Read full story »

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