Woman driving while texting. About a third of parents reported reading text messages, one in four sent text messages and one in seven used social media over the last three months while driving children between the ages of 4 and 10 in a moving vehicle. (Photo: Shutterstock)

(Bloomberg) – There has been a historic surge in U.S. traffic fatalities over the last four years as more drivers use their phones to respond to texts or scroll through Instagram feeds. Even parents can't keep keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road, new research shows.

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