Texting while driving is a growing trend, and a national epidemic, quickly becoming one of the country's top killers. Drivers assume they can handle texting while driving and remain safe, but the numbers don't lie.

Texting while driving causes:• 1,600,000 accidents per year - National Safety Council• 330,000 injuries per year - Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study• 11 teen deaths every day - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Fatality Facts• Nearly 25 percent of all vehicle accidentsTexting while driving is:• About 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated• The same as driving after four beers - National Highway Transportation Safety Admin.• The number one driving distraction reported by teen driversTexting while driving:• Makes you 23 times more likely to crash - National Highway Transportation Safety Admin.• Is the same as driving blind for 5 seconds at a time - VA Tech Transportation Institute• Takes place by 800,000 drivers at any given time across the country• Slows your brake reaction speed by 18 percent - Human Factors and Ergonomics SocietyFor more information, go to

www.textinganddrivingsafety.com