Study: Teen drivers mimic their distracted parents

Washington — The bad news is teenagers text while driving even more than parents think they do.

But the good news is parents have a lot of influence on how teens drive, according to preliminary findings of a study by Toyota Motor Corp. and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

The survey of more than 5,500 teens, ages 16-18, and parents, the largest study of its kind, found that teens who think their parents are distracted drivers — eating while driving, looking for things, or focusing on passengers and passenger behavior — are much more likely to engage in risky driving behaviors themselves.

By Christine Tierney
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