Holiday travel is here. Each year around this time we want to send you a sobering reminder of the dangers of texting while driving.
Driving and texting is one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving that there is. Many states have instituted laws prohibiting it, but that doesn't stop everyone - especially teens. If you text and drive, you're 23 times more likely to have a car crash. It starts with you - no amount of justification makes it okay.
Click here or on the image to watch the video.
Many companies and organizations have launched campaigns to bring awareness to distracted driving, and to implore drivers to put down their phones and focus on the road. Here are just two of them:
Don't Text and Drive Campaign: share the message.
AT&T: It Can Wait
Mike Holt's Comment: If you still text while driving - I hope after you watch the video you'll recommit to never send another text message while driving. Let's help make the world a little safer because of our personal decisions.
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