CDC: Older teens often text behind the wheel
More than half of high school seniors admit they text or email while driving, according to an anonymous US survey conducted last year.
“I’m not surprised. I’m not surprised at all,” said Vicki Rimasse, a New Jersey woman whose son caused a fender bender earlier this year after texting in traffic. She made him take a safe-driving class after the mishap.
“I felt like an idiot,” said her 18-year-old son, Dylan Young.
Photo: Dylan Young poses for The Associated Press as a vehicle cruises by, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in North Arlington, N.J. Young was in an accident caused by being distracted while texting and driving.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
