/*Fresno State*/ Professor /*Dr. Tamyra Pierce*/ said, "It is as big a danger if not more so than drinking and driving because if you think about it, you're taking your eyes off of the road and looking at the text for far longer than what the industry says it takes three seconds to have an accident.
"When you get a text of course you want to reply back and see what it says ... that's what everybody does," said FS student Johnny Pov.
Pierce hopes that more outreach and driver education targeting young drivers will reverse the dangerous trend.
California's ban on driving while texting went into effect in January.
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