Study on distracted driving and cellphone use is revealing | News, Sports, Jobs
dwerner151@verizon.net In August 2020, the CTIA, a representative of America’s wireless industry, reported that there were 442.5 million U.S. wireless subscriptions, up more than 20 million year-over-year. The CTIA further reported that in 2019 consumers exchanged 2.1 trillion text messages, up 52 billion from the prior year, and spent 3.1 trillion minutes talking on their cellphones, up nearly 30% from 2018. Implications of the increasing use of cellphones and messaging continue to be of serious concern to New York’s traffic safety community. To help address these concerns, the state...