Truck Drivers and Smartphone Addiction
Texas. Are you addicted to your smartphone? How many hours do you spend on your phone a day? Do you look at your phone the moment you wake up? Do you fall asleep with your phone beside you? Smartphone addiction is starting to be taken much more seriously. In fact, some researchers and companies are looking for ways to help Americans curb their addictions to their devices. Smartphone addiction does much more than just suck up our time—it can kill. Every year, thousands of people die in distracted driving accidents. Truck drivers, who log the longest hours on the road are subject to some of the strictest smartphone driving laws, but they could also be the most dangerous on the road if they text and drive. After all, trucks carry much larger weights than cars do.