In another Pew study, while nearly three - quarters of high school teachers admit that digital research tools can have a positive impact on student performance, 87 % also say that digital tech has resulted in a generation of teenagers who are far more easily
distracted than teens of the past.
Not exact matches
«Even more
than drinking and driving — which thanks to strong messaging is at an all - time low —
distracted driving is a huge problem for
teens,» says McCormack.
One of the ideas that the supplement highlights is that there are a multitude of complicated factors that result in
teens being more vulnerable to the effects of
distracted driving
than other age groups.
What this mode of testing revealed was that while 95 percent of the
teens verbally stated that using apps while driving was dangerous, more
than three - quarters of them subconsciously viewed app use while driving as not
distracting.
The reasons for this are complex and varied but they include the fact that
teens have less real world experience
than others, they are more likely to drive while
distracted, and they have less developed judgment skills when it comes to operating a car.