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Question of the Day: Do You Text While Driving?

People know it's wrong and the statistics tell all, but do you do it anyway?

We received an from Mark Freeley earlier this week, and it begged the question: Despite all the statistics telling of its consequences, do you nevertheless text while driving?

In one study, approximately 60 percent of drivers ages 16 to 19 do it. Texting while driving has long been illegal in New York State, as has its sister crime – talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device. It's been called "driving while texting", or DWT, but that doesn't seem to properly prioritize what one's primary role is while doing both simultaneously.

It's no reason to LOL; one might say SMH instead. What about you? Are you guilty of it?

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