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Distracted Driving Still A Problem

Some scary numbers when it comes to distracted driving.

According to a new statewide survey conducted for the Office of Highway Safety Planning, 41 percent of young adult drivers admitted to sending texts and emails on a regular basis while driving. About 1-in-4 do it every day.

Editor Kendall Wingrove says they need to approach this in two different ways:

Of the distracted driving crashes in 2015, a cell phone was involved in over 750 crashes, with three fatalities and 251 injuries.

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