article_snippet: Large percentages of teenagers admitted that Large percentages of teenagers engage in dangerous behaviors while driving as varied as changing contact lenses to doing homework.
article_snippet: Large percentages of teenagers admitted that Large percentages of teenagers text or change Large percentages of teenagers clothes and shoes while behind the wheel .
article_snippet: The young adults, aged 14 to 18 in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, responded to questions about The young adults, aged 14 to 18 in Washington, Oregon and Idaho driving habits for ' lead author David Hurwitz of Oregon State University study, published in the Journal of Transportation Safety & Security.
article_snippet: Other distractions including changing radio stations, adjusting a GPS system, putting on makeup and a teenager who admitted playing guitar while driving.
article_snippet: Cellphones are the biggest dangers to both adults and teenagers.
article_snippet: Forty per cent out of 1400 Pacific Northwest teens said Forty per cent out of 1400 Pacific Northwest teens had texted while driving, which is a decline from earlier studies.
article_snippet: Distracted driving is the leading cause of among all drivers, including teenagers.
article_snippet: More than 3,000 people were killed by distracted driving in 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
article_snippet: Distracting behaviors, which are thought to contribute to more than 3,000 accident deaths a year, vary from texting (right) to putting on makeup (left) Practices such as texting can be especially dangerous to young drivers.
article_snippet: Eleven per cent of all drivers under 20 in fatal car accidents were distracted when young drivers crashed.
article_snippet: Many states have laws against young drivers texting or speaking on the phone while driving.
highlights_snippet: Forty per cent of Pacific Northwest drivers admitted texting while driving .
  
highlights_snippet: More than 3,000 people died from distracted driving in 2012 .