FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski urged the public not to text...
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski urged the public not to text while driving, Wednesday during an event sponsored by AT&T at George Washington University. “People who drive while texting are 23 times more likely to have an accident than a non-distracted…
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driver,” he said. “An estimated 160,000 accidents were caused by texting and driving in 2010, and 11 percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed.” Mobile communications is changing how people live, Genachowski said. “Text messaging allows people to stay in touch anytime, anywhere,” he said. “But anytime, anywhere should not extend to when you're behind the wheel."