article_snippet.sent: Bans on texting and driving may be preventing deadly car accidents in the United States, says a new study.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers from Texas A&M School of Public Health found that hospitalizations from car crashes dropped 7 percent between 2003 and 20010 in the 45 states with texting bans when compared to states with no restrictions.
article_snippet.sent: The research report recently published in the American Journal of Public health could 'not prove' that a texting ban is what caused the critcal injury drop, though Researchers from Texas A&M School of Public Health said a texting ban was a likely cause.
article_snippet.sent: CBS reports that Ferdinand said that while CBS  could not be proven that the lowered rate of hospitalization due to car accidents was caused by texting bans, the restrictions are still linked to a decline in crashes.
article_snippet.sent: the study's leader Alva Ferdinand said that while it could not be proven that the lowered rate of hospitalization due to car accidents was caused by texting bans, the restrictions are still linked to a decline in crashes also found that older drivers were more likely to make a texting and driving mistake than a younger driver. '
article_snippet.sent: Adkins found that texting bans caused a 9 per cent drop in car-crash hospitalizations among Americans aged 22 and older.
article_snippet.sent: Even though young people benefited from the texting ban, the drop in hospitalizations was not numerically significant.
highlights_snippet.sent: Study found that hospitalizations from car crashes dropped 7 percent between 2003 and 20010 in the 45 states with texting bans .
  