The public reaction to the now yanked (pardon the expression) 'Don't Jerk & Drive' public service ads is amusing for the simple reason that the point appears to have been utterly missed. Perhaps a new study will have more success in getting the point across.

Cindy Struckman-Johnson is a psychology professor at USD who has published studies on seatbelt usage, romantic relationships and their effect on academics, texting and driving and now sex while driving. The online survey consisted of 103 questions and they received 721 responses from the 195 men and 511 women who enrolled.

The results were mind-boggling at best and at worst, shocking, when you take the possible consequences into consideration!

  • 33 percent of men and 9 percent of women had engaged in sexual behavior while driving
  • 29 percent of women and nine percent of men had engaged in sexual behavior as a passenger

We're not talking about hand-holding and a quick smooch while parked on some side street or moseying down some country road. The sexual behaviors where done while speeding down some highway or street, going up to 80 miles an hours, drifting in and out of lanes, letting go of the steering wheel and coming very close to causing an accident or running over a pedestrian.

All this was taking place while you were; on the way to Grandma's house for the holidays, or carpooling your kids and your neighbor's kids to and from school, running for groceries or to the gym, or heading out for an evening on the town.

How close did you come to being hurt or killed by someone who just had to "scratch that itch"? Who knows.

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