83% say texting while driving should be illegal

  Survey finds young adults most likely to oppose a 'DWT' ban � and 66% of those age 18-24 send text messages while behind the wheel

The vast majority of Americans said they would support a ban on texting while driving, but younger adults � by far the most likely to be sending text messages while behind the wheel � are not LOL, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.

This could be bad news for anyone who sends a quick text message to friends while waiting at a red light or responds to a question from work by typing a few keys on their PDA while in traffic. Communicating while commuting could soon get you into trouble with the law, as some states consider bans on texting while driving � a move supported by 83% who said typing text messages while driving should be illegal. Just 12% are against the state imposing restrictions on texting while driving.

The survey is featured in the June issue of Zogby�s American Consumer newsletter, now available at www.zogby.com. The Zogby Interactive poll of 2,246 adults nationwide was conducted May 9-10, 2007, and carries a margin of error of +/- 2.1 percentage points. continue....