New texting-while-driving laws in North Carolina, which went into effect December 1st, have some teens frustrated and feeling targeted.
The North Carolina newspaper, DailyAdvance, speaks with one girl about her texting habits. She admits to sending about 200 per day and texting while driving. But she's not the only one. The Pew Research Center released a study this month revealing that 1-in-4 American teens has sent a text message while driving.
19 states have jumped on board with the text-while-driving ban, but NC teens are feeling targeted.
Shanequa Riddick, 18, says she’s glad that law enforcement will be cracking down, but that text messaging has become a nationwide phenomenon, one that is catching on with all age groups.
“I think (the ban is) fair, because it could cause you to have an accident, but even older people do it,” Riddick says.
Kieshaih Holloway, 19, calls the focus on teen drivers “frustrating.”
“They say we have more problems with accidents and problems in the road. We’re just now learning (how to be safe drivers), but the whole texting thing (adults) make it just as big of a risk as we do,” Holloway says.
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