OMG LOL: New study says 93% of Americans favor banning text messaging while driving
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><a href="http://wot.motortrend.com/6562051/government/survey-says-93-of-drivers-support-ban-on-texting-while-driving-do-you/index.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/texting-while-driving.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> <br /> Maybe it's not surprising that Ford commissioned a study that helps bolster a sales case for some of its in-car-electronics, but the Blue Oval seems to have its finger on the pulse of the nation this time. Market researchers Penn, Schoen & Berland polled 1,000 drivers and found that 93% of them agree with the notion of a nationwide ban on texting. Those drivers seemed to be realists, however, with only 42% believing that the same idiots who punch out communiques instead of attentively piloting their 3,500 pound projectiles would actually curtail the behavior if a ban were enacted. <br /> <br /> Ford, of course, has a solution with its SYNC voice activation technology. Fully 76% of the respondents expressed interest in a vehicle with technology like that of the Blue Oval, which is probably the main point of the survey in the first place. It's likely safer to keep a driver looking down the road with his or her hands on the wheel instead of fiddling with a handheld, but there's still an issue of distraction when a driver's thinking more about chatting instead of steering, as many studies regarding the use of hands-free phones in automobiles have shown. <br /> <br /> For its part, Ford has been looking into driving distractions for a long time, and technology like SYNC and MyKey are the results. There's not yet a speech-to-text function, but if a ban gets enacted, look for Dearborn to be ready with just such a system to sell you.<br /> <br /> [Source: <a href="http://wot.motortrend.com/6562051/government/survey-says-93-of-drivers-support-ban-on-texting-while-driving-do-you/index.html">Motor Trend</a> | Image: <a title="User:Edbrown05" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Edbrown05">Edbrown05 </a> <span id=":17y" dir="ltr">via CC 2.0</span>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/omg-lol-new-study-says-93-of-americans-favor-banning-text-mess/">OMG LOL: New study says 93% of Americans favor banning text messaging while driving</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://wot.motortrend.com/6562051/government/survey-says-93-of-drivers-support-ban-on-texting-while-driving-do-you/index.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/omg-lol-new-study-says-93-of-americans-favor-banning-text-mess/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19177561/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/30/omg-lol-new-study-says-93-of-americans-favor-banning-text-mess/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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