The Pew Internet and American Life Project likely knows more than any single source about the Internet, specifically how Americans use it and are affected by it.

This is part of continuing work the Pew Project has done in tracking cell phone and text-messaging in all age groups.

Unfortunately, there is no chance this data is wrong.

When 27 percent of all adults have sent text-messages while driving clearly signals danger ahead or behind you when you are in your car.

PC World

“The average teenager sends 1,500 text messages each month, but when it comes to texting and driving, adult Americans are more likely than their younger counterparts to send messages from behind the wheel, according to a new study.

“About 47 percent of adults who use text messages said they have sent or read text messages while driving, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported. A September 2009 study from the same group found that 34 percent of teenagers aged 16 and 17 reported the same behavior.

“In the general population, those numbers mean that 27 percent of all American adults have texted while driving their cars.” (Emphasis added)

Source: PC World, June 18, 2010

Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project, Adults and Cell Phone Distractions, June 18, 2010