The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration saw an increase of nearly 30 percent in drivers that were observed text messaging or visibly manipulating a handheld device in 2014 versus the previous year.
According to research by the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the percentage of drivers observed text-messaging or visibly manipulating handheld devices increased from 1.7 percent in 2013 to 2.2 percent in 2014, an increase of 29.4 percent.
The increase, one of the findings on electronic device use contained in a NHTSA Traffic Safety Fact Research Note released in September, is considered statistically significant
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