According to a 2011 state Department of Public Health (DPH) survey, the results of which were released this June, more than half (53%) of the students polled admitted to driving while talking on a cell phone at least once in the month before taking the survey. About half (51%) admitted having texted or emailed while driving during that time.
In addition, 25% said they had recently been in a car driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, and 7% said they had themselves driven after drinking in the previous month.
The survey, which DPH has given to state middle and high school students since 2005, looks at both teen behavior and tobacco use.
