...driver. The dangers of texting while driving have been thoroughly documented, including in a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, which showed that texting renders drivers 23 times more likely to have an accident or a close call...

...Almost one in five of those deaths involved reports of using a cell phone at the time of the crash. ? A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study revealed that physically dialing a phone while driving increases the risk of a crash as much as...

...3 million crashes last year -- or around 4,300 accidents a day. Thomas Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, said using cell phones and other electronic devices while driving is two to five times more dangerous...

...a million vehicles were being driven by someone using a cell phone. A 2006 study by the NHTSA and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute estimated nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention...

...Banning texting while driving would be the most direct way to answer that last question. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, texting renders drivers 23 times more likely to have an accident or an extremely close call. It's...