It is illegal to use a cell phone while driving in the state of New York. However, some people still choose to drive dangerously. A survey by State Farm shows that in addition to phone calls and text messages, more drivers are using their cell phones to browse the Internet while driving. After surveying nearly 1,000 drivers, the insurance provider found that 21 percent of drivers browse the Internet while driving. Young drivers are particularly prone to this habit. According to the survey, 48 percent of young drivers surf the Internet while they are driving. This trend is increasingly more common as a result of

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released new data about the number and cause of car accidents, injuries and fatalities in 2011. Overall, the report was largely a positive one, carrying good news regarding the number of car accidents and fatalities that took place last year. However, the report also contained some negative developments in the causes of motor vehicle accidents, namely, that the number of distracted-driving related crashes continued to rise. According to the NHTSA report, 32,367 people were killed in car accidents in 2011, which is a decline of 1.9 percent from the number of crash deaths in 2010 and a staggering