The document discusses the rise of text messaging and its prevalence among teens and adults. It notes that texting became the number one reason for teens to own phones, with 43% reporting this. The first text message was sent in 1992. Text messaging volumes have grown enormously, reaching over 1 trillion texts sent in the US in 2010. However, texting also brings risks, as studies found that up to 28% of car accidents are caused by texting while driving, resulting in over 16,000 deaths in a 6 year period. The document advocates stopping texting while driving.

1. The World around Texting That you may not be aware

2. Texting is still the number one reason why teens say they get a phone, with 43% reporting this as their primary reason for mobile adoption

3. Worlds first text message was sent in 1992 December 1992, when Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group used a personal computer to send the text message "Merry Christmas" via the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis.

4. On New Year's day 2003, the number of text messages sent in one day topped one hundred million

5. On New Year's day 2011, the number of text messages sent in one day topped 380 million

6. In 2011....... There are more than 5.3 billion mobile devices in use globally and….

7. In 2011....... Globally 8 trillion text messages will be sent in 2011

8. 31% prefer texting to talking on the phone

9. Mobile owners between the ages of 18 and 24 exchange an average of 109.5 messages on a normal day * USA

10. 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages

11. On an average girls typically send and receive 80 messages per day On an average, boys typically send and receive 30 texts a day

12. 1 trillion text messages were sent in the U.S. during the second half of 2010. That number, while impressive, was up just 8.7 percent compared to the first half of 2010

13. Messaging revenues to hit USD 334.7 billion by end-2015 Global mobile messaging market was worth USD 179.2 billion in 2010, and is set to pass the USD 200 billion mark in 2011. It will break USD 300 billion for the first time in 2014; by end-2015 annual revenue will hit an incredible USD 334.7 billion.

14. Now texting is a bigger business ….

15. 36% of the U.S. population have sent text messages from the toilet

16. In the U.S. more than 70% of them have sent text messages while eating

17. Sex + Texting = Sexting

18. 16% of them have sent text messages while having Sex

19. 26 percent of cell phone users said that they have texted while driving

20. 46% of the teens in the U.S. admit to have texted while driving

21. 28 percent of car accidents are caused by talking or texting while driving

22. Texting while driving was responsible for 16,000 deaths in 6 years

23. Yes texting is a bigger business, but not bigger than a life

24. Your life can take an unexpected twist and now …….. Stop Texting while Driving

25. Stop texting while driving testimonials Federal employees will not be allowed to text while driving – Barack Obama Most people think they can text and talk on the phone and they can handle it, and it's the 'other' people who can't really handle it - Oprah Winfrey

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