September 10, 2009 - The renowned Virginia Tech Transportation Institue ealier this summer released the results of a comprehensive study that looked at driver distraction by monirogin drivers with caeras inside cars for more than 6 million miles of driving found that dialing a cell phone, talking on a phone and foremost, texting, all incrase the risk of a driver having a crash. With texting, the risk of a crash goes up exponentially. Drivers who send and receive text messages while driving, on anerage, take their eyes off the road 4.6 seconds out of evy 5 seconds driving. At 55 mph, that equates to traveling the length of a football field without looking at the road.