Odd News

According to a poll released on Tuesday 91% percent of Americans believe text messages while driving to be as dangerous as having a couple of drinks, even if 57% of them admit to doing it themselves. Texting, reffering especially to the use of the Short Message Service (SMS), is becoming incresingly popular among american citizens. These messages are available on mobile phones, and some wireless-equiped PDA systems. This SMS gateway is a very easy to use method of connecting mobile devices to IM services, the WEB, desktop systems and even landline telephones. Although SMS was first created for person-to-person use, it became incresingly popular in communicating with automated systems, such as ordering products and services for mobile phones, or participating in certain contests. Harris Interactive, at the commision of mobile messaging service Pinger Inc., found 89% of Americans to be against messaging while driving, with 66% of them admitting to reading text messages, and 57% to even writing some themselves. The first state to issue a ban or messaging while driving was Washington, with others like New York, Florida and California, considering the idea. The poll that took place from June 29 to July 3, surveing 2,049 people, found men and women to be messaging while driving at same rates, with younger people tending to do it more often, since 64% of them were aged 18 to 34, with only about 6% being 55 or older.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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