Teens are usually lectured by adults when they start driving to make sure they keep their hands on their steering wheel and off their phone, but as it turns out adults need to start listening to their own advice.
The recent study, conducted by AT&T with SKDKnickerbocker and Beck Research, indicates that adults are actually more likely to text while out on the road than teens are according to USA Today.
Almost half of all adults admit to texting while driving in the survey, compared to just 43 percent of all teenagers. Approximately 98 percent of adults know what they're doing is wrong, but do it anyway. Teens also understand that texting while driving is bad, as 97 percent of them realize that doing so is dangerous.
Six out of 10 adults asked said that they weren't texting while driving just three years ago, but people's addiction to their cellular devices have grown as cellphones evolve over time. Approximately 40 percent also admitted that the behavior has become a habit that they just can't kick.
"Texting while driving is not just a teen problem," says John Ulczycki of the National Safety Council according to USA Today. "Teens text. But you're looking at around 10 million teen drivers, but about 180 million other adult drivers."
The survey also indicates that 70 percent of teens text at red lights, 61 percent say they glance at their phones while stopped at a red light as well.
Adults weren't polled on what they do or don't do at a red light according to Yahoo.
Nearly eight out of 10 teen drivers feel that adults are hypocrites as they see adults texting behind the wheel on a daily bases. Approximately nine out of 10 say their own parents are "good role models" behind the wheel, which means one of those numbers isn't completely truthful.
"I was a little bit surprised," Charlene Lake, AT&T's senior vice president-public affairs, says of the survey of 1,011 adult drivers according to USA TODAY. "It was sobering to realize that texting while driving by adults is not only high, it's really gone up in the last three years."
April is National Driving Awareness Month, and AT&T is using the poll to promote their "It Can Wait" campaign. The company has been putting stickers on many of their items for sale to spread their message.
The government doesn't track text related crashes, but has acknowledged that texting while using a motor vehicle is possibly the most dangerous form of distraction because it takes your eyes, hands, and mind off the road according to USA Today.
Related Articles:
10-Year-Old Found Alive Near Starbucks In Los Angeles After Abduction From Home (VIDEO)
New York Auto Show: Toyota Debuts Upgraded, Sportier Scion tC Coupe, Limited Anniversary Series (PHOTOS/ VIDEO)
Toddler Mauled By 7 Dogs Dies In Georgia From Injuries (VIDEO)
2013 New York Auto Show: Mitsubishi Unveils 2014 Mirage, Releases Details For Upcoming Outlander PHEV (PHOTOS)
Rolls-Royce Presents New Wraith Model, Most Powerful Car In Company History (PHOTOS/ VIDEO)
See Now: OnePlus 6: How Different Will It Be From OnePlus 5?
