In today’s world, it seems almost cliche to say that “texting while driving is dangerous.” This is a piece of advice that everyone seems to know but too few people seem to follow.
Maybe we think that we are so good at texting while driving that the rule doesn’t apply to us. Though this is a natural feeling, we need to be careful.
On December 27, 2010, AT&T came out with a powerful campaign called “It Can Wait,” that includes a powerful ten minute video called “The Last Text.” It highlights the stories of four youth and their deadly experiences with texting while driving. The powerful message of the video is especially driven home when they youth show the actual last texts of those who were killed while typing them.
Though you might be a great texter and a great driver, you should reconsider texting while driving.
The statistics:
-auto collisions and crashes are tne #1 killer of American teenages
-in 2010, there were 4,000 deaths and 400,000 injuries from distracted driving nationwide
-400%: the percentage by which a risk of a driver getting into a serious accident increases when the driver is using a handheld device
-drivers using phones while driving are more likely to be involved in an accident than a driver when a .08 blood alcohol level
What you can do:
-watch this video “The Last Text”
-learn and talk about the real dangers of texting while driving
-take the pledge not to text and drive at http://itcanwait.att.com/
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