Insurance industry wants to block texting while driving

Almost one in five drivers -- 18% -- report texting while driving in the past 30 days, according to a survey by the Insurance Research Council. Younger drivers were the biggest culprits -- 31% of drivers 24 and younger and 41% of drivers age 25 to 39 reported texting while driving. That compared to just 5% of drivers 55 and older.

The trade group said that texting while driving is a big-enough problem to warrant new products and services designed to block individual cellphones or smartphones from sending or receiving text messages while in a moving vehicle. More than half of the respondents in the survey said they would consider such a product as long as it was free. But interest dropped off when people were asked if they would pay for a blocking service.