Despite increase in fines, teens still drive and text

... to a news release from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, there was a 365 percent increase in the number of tickets issued in New York this summer for distracted driving - 21,580 - compared to last summer's 5,208. Mr. Pitts and fellow JCC student Tyler M. John, ...

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