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NEWS / TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
STUDENT LIFE
Texting while driving common
Study shows students know risks and still choose to text and drive
BY ELLIOT METZ emetz.kansan.com
The public has been warned for years about the dangers of texting while driving. Some scientists have even likened it to driving under the influence.
A new study by a KU professor shows most college students are well aware of the danger, yet choose to do it anyway. And it's much more common among college-aged drivers than was previously thought.
Paul Atchley, associate professor of psychology, released the study last week that surveyed 400 college students aged 18 to 30.
Atchley found that 95 percent
of the students were likely to either initiate or respond to a text message while driving, including those who did so while stopped in traffic.
"This study shows it's far more common and it's going to become far more common in the future," Atchley said.
At least one KU student says that she knows how rampant the problem is.
"I've been behind people on the road that I thought were drunk, but I passed them and they were just texting." Sheryl Miller, a senior from St. Francis, said.
The Kansas Senate has now passed legislation that would ban all drivers from texting on the road. The bill has yet to clear the
House, but if passed, first offenses would come with a $100 fine and any subsequent offense would result in a misdemeanor. Twenty-four states already have some kind
of legislation banning all drivers from texting while on the road.
their mindset to those who are addicted to nicotine.
During the Senate debate over the bill, Lt. Gov. Troy Findley said texting while driving was "a
"People know this is a risky behavior, but they do it," Atchley said. "We found if someone makes
"This study shows it's far more common and it's going to become far more common in the future."
PAUL ATCHLEY
Associate professor of psychology
risky behavior, and Kansas needs a law to ban it."
"People get arrested for drunk driving," Miller said. They should probably be arrested for this kind of activity too."
the choice to engage in the behavior, they perceive it as being less risky"
One surprising finding from the study indicates the people who do text and drive are generally aware of how risky of a behavior it is, yet they do it anyway. Athey likened
primary form of communication, and that isn't likely to change anytime soon.
"They will become safer drivers over time, but texting will still be how they communicate," he said. "But even if texting and driving gets cut in half, that's still almost half of all drivers that do it."
— Edited by Becky Howlett
Police investigate failed bombing
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NEW YORK — The registered owner of a sport utility vehicle used in a failed bombing in Times Square over the weekend told investigators he sold it to a stranger for cash three weeks ago, a law enforcement official said Monday.
The registered owner was not considered a suspect, and police said officials were still looking for the driver.
The vehicle identification number on the Pathfinder had been removed from the dashboard, but it was stamped on the engine and axle. Its license plates came from a car found in a Connecticut repair shop.
Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that investigators had some good leads. Holder said in remarks to reporters that it was too early to say whether the incident was of foreign or
domestic origin or to designate it as terrorism.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on NBC's "Today" show on Monday that no suspects or theories had been ruled out. "Right now, every lead has to be pursued," she said.
And investigators had not ruled out a range of possible motives. The Pakistani Taliban appeared to claim responsibility for the car bomb in three videos that surfaced after the weekend scare, monitoring groups said. New York officials said police have no evidence to support the claims.
Peter King, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said Monday on Fox News that there was no intelligence chatter before Saturday, making a foreign connection unlikely.
Watch KUJH-TV coverage of this story at kansan.com/videos.
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