Most motorists feel less safe because of distracted drivers

LOS ANGELES – According to the third annual 2010 Traffic Safety Culture Index released by the Washington, D.C.-based AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 52 percent of drivers say they feel less safe on the roads now than they did five years ago. The leading reason cited by American drivers was distracted driving, with 88 percent of motorists rating drivers who text and email as a very serious threat to their safety.

“As mobile technology evolves at a breakneck pace, more and more people rightly fear and recognize that distracted driving – texting, e-mails, phone calls and more &ndas...