Cell phones still cause teen crashes. Can they prevent them, too?

[Wireless News]

With school almost out, and more teenagers on the road this summer, the American Automobile Association (AAA) has new data in the push for safer drivers. Nearly 60 percent of teen crashes involve drivers distracted by their phones, passengers, or even the gum they misplaced in the center console, according to a study by AAA and the University of Iowa. "I think everyone gets that distracted driving is bad and you shouldn't do it, but until now parents didn't have data in front of them to suggest that it was a much bigger problem that they should be concerned about for their teens," Jake Nelson, director of traffic safety advocacy and research at AAA, told US News and World Report.

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