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Are you guilty of teaching your teens bad driving habits?

Eighty-six percent of teenage drivers admit driving while distracted despite 84 percent of them knowing it's dangerous, according to a study by AAA and Seventeen magazine. The survey found:- 73 percent have adjusted their music player while driving- 61 percent have eaten food while driving- 60 percent have talked on a cell phone while driving Around 6,000 people died and hundreds of thousands

Eighty-six percent of teenage drivers admit driving while distracted despite 84 percent of them knowing it's dangerous, according to a study by AAA and Seventeen magazine. The survey found:

- 73 percent have adjusted their music player while driving

- 61 percent have eaten food while driving

- 60 percent have talked on a cell phone while driving Around 6,000 people died and hundreds of thousands injured in 2008 in crashes involving distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. How can parents make sure their own kids are driving safely? "The key is parental involvement," said Yolanda Cade, a representative with AAA on TODAY. "Get your kids in a driver education program, but be involved, be educated, get a parent-teen agreement and don't do it yourself. I have a 15-year-old and I have to turn off the phone and not text. They're going to do what they see you do." Are you guilty of indirectly teaching your children bad driving habits, like fiddling with the radio and eating food? What do you tell your teens in regards to safe driving? Watch the video below and let us know your story in the comments.