never safe to text and drive.
-25% of millennials compared to 17% of older parents use an app or cellphone feature to reduce distracted driving.
-16% of millennial parents versus 10% of older parents reported one or more auto accidents in the past year.
-Regardless of age, two-thirds of parents said they used their cellphones less when their child was in the car.
Fewer than one in four parents had been asked about texting and driving by the child’s pediatrician, the study found. Slightly more millennial parents were asked about texting and driving.
And while safety was the researchers’ paramount concern, Bergmark pointed out that parents are teaching a new generation that it’s OK to text and drive. “It’s important to recognize that kids are seeing what you’re doing,” she said.
Alex Epstein, director of transportation safety for the National Safety Council, was dismayed that so many parents were texting and driving.
“Why would you consider texting when you have that precious cargo onboard?” he said, adding that
