Research : 70% of People Use Mobile Phone While Driving

California - Research conducted by the telecommunications company AT & T that berkejasama by Braun Research, found that as many as 70% of people still use their smartphone while driving.As reported by GeekWire, the AT & T noted that of the 2,067 respondents as much as 61% using a smartphone while driving a car for typing SMS and email.
Furthermore, as much as 27% while looking up and check the latest updates on social media timeline. Using Twitter, and Instagram Snapchat done by 14% of people.In fact, 17% of respondents said that they often take fotoselfie while driving. While 10% of them said that they had to do video chat d ith their friends while driving.
Other findings from the AT & T were deemed 'disturbing', among others, is 62% of drivers put their smartphone in a place that is easily accessible while driving.There are 30% of the people who post to Twitter while driving and do it 'all the time'. As many as 22% of people accessing social networks while driving, although did not have a specific reason to update the new status.

The study involved 2,067 participants (aged 19-35 years) men and women, who have a smartphone and use it at least a minimum of a few times a day.The study as part of AT & T's campaign, titled IT CAN WAIT, which urges people to keep their smartphones while driving. At the same time instilling the understanding to many people about the dangers of driving while using a smartphone.
Lori Lee, Marketing Manager of AT & T said, "When we launched the IT CAN WAIT years ago, we were begging people to be aware that SMS and email is of no value compared to the value of life and safety."
"The same thing applies to the activities of other smartphones that people do while driving. For the sake of you and those around you, please keep your eyes on the road, stay focused on the road does not perform the activity with your smartphone," he added.
Nowadays, more and more countries enact laws that prohibit the activity of 'mobile-ria while driving.Oklahoma became the 46th state in the US that prohibit texting and calling activity while driving, which launched earlier this month.While in Washington, the bill is getting tighter with the ban on surfing the Internet, using a map, or even check for social networking while driving.