Teenage drivers are more reckless than the average driver on the road. Really, with the recent texting craze, they might as well be on Formula One bikes. Fifty nations from Canada to Zimbabwe have a law against cell phone use while driving but when is the U.S. going to pass one?
A study done Virginia Tech University and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published last April says that 80 percent of crashes involves some form of driver inattention in the last three seconds. Another study conducted by Liberty Mutual Group insurance says that teens are especially prone to accidents due to texting. Michael Sutter, a senior at Springboro High School, says that special ringtones on current cellphones make it especially hard for teens to ignore them.
But maybe there's hope from Palm with its latest release in Canada, the Treo 700wx smartphone. Smartphones like this new Treo offers a different level of convenient functionality that ordinary cellphones don't have, including easier touch management. Well, I like how the new Treo looks but I don't know about using it while you're driving. I don't care how smart it is, it's still smarter not to cell and drive.