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Driven to distraction. Tonight, the definitive videotape showing the dangers to drivers. And children of war. When the parents are deployed far away, who’s making a difference for the kids back home? Nightly News begins now. Now to the subject of distracted drivers. And this question, you’re at the wheel and urgent text comes in, you feel compelled to reply and at that instant, do you realize you’d become as dangerous as a drunk driver. We have convincing videotape proof tonight. Our report from NBC’s Michelle Kosinski.

 

This is a study of driving to distractions. Smoking, sightseeing, using cell phones that involves actual drivers, not just a simulation of life on the road. And what Virginia Tech researchers found with that even among some of the most seasoned drivers, truckers, text messaging was by far the most dangerous task keeping them from the task at hand. Taking their eyes off the road the longest and making their risk of a crash 23 times more likely.

 

We have certainly seen the consequences of texting behind the wheel. This bus driver in Texas was tapping away just before this. No one was hurt unlike this California train disaster last year in which the driver had been texting, 25 people died.

 

As a result of those collisions, and many others like them. 14 states in the District of Columbia now ban texting while driving. But it can be tough to enforce. These teen texters were caught on tape by their parents even though they knew there were cameras in their cars. The New York Times snapped this shot of a teen texting friends while his buddy helped him with that other important machine he was supposed to be handling.

 

Several studies have shown that reaction time and steering ability were worst while texting than while the drivers were actually drunk. But a new survey of drivers by AAA reveals that while almost all of them see texting as just as frightening on the roads as drunk driving, more than one fifth still do it anyway. “Those people that admitted to texting or emailing while they drive, eight out of ten are those same individuals, said they knew it was dangerous. And that’s outrageous to me.” AAA wants a cultural shift saying drivers need to recognize that behind the wheel, any message that is not on a road sign can surely wait. Michelle Kosinski, NBC News, Miami.

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