People Who Tweet While Driving Are Doing It ‘All the Time’, God Help Us

AT&T has been running its “It Can Wait” campaign for a few years now, shining a light on the country’s continued problem with distracted driving. Every so often it puts out a sur...
People Who Tweet While Driving Are Doing It ‘All the Time’, God Help Us
Written by Josh Wolford
  • AT&T has been running its “It Can Wait” campaign for a few years now, shining a light on the country’s continued problem with distracted driving. Every so often it puts out a survey and every time the result come back it’s like oh my god what the hell are people doing.

    First things first – 61 percent of people say they’re still texting and driving. That’s obscene. Stop texting and driving. Whatever you have to say is not that important, I assure you. Even if you’re texting a friend to implore them to stop texting while driving. That’s still not a good reason to text and drive.

    But we knew people are texting and driving. Every recent survey confirms this. AT&T’s new survey looked at other smartphone-related activities and found the following:

    Smartphone activities people say they do while driving include:

    • Text (61%)
    • Email (33%)
    • Surf the net (28%)
    • Facebook (27%)
    • Snap a selfie/photo (17%)
    • Twitter (14%)
    • Instagram3 (14%)
    • Shoot a video (12%)
    • Snapchat (11%)
    • Video chat (10%)

    God help us all.

    But wait, there’s more.

    “30% of people who post to Twitter while driving do it ‘all the time.'”

    At least when you’re texting, there’s a recipient in mind. Someone is likely going to read/give a shit about your message. On Twitter, you’re just sending out 140-character farts into a vacuous netherworld populated by people who couldn’t give less of a shit about your Chipotle. Tweeting while driving has to be the most self-absorbed activity on the planet.

    Anyway, carry on. Just keep your eyes out for those who aren’t.

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