R U Listening?

We've all done it at least once. The majority of us even do it a couple of times a day! Then there's some who do it a staggering 350 times a month!! PHEW

About 60% of us have done it in the car despite the fact that 28 states limit how much of it you can do in a car. A staggering 89% of us want a ban on doing it while driving because we think it's distracting and dangerous.

Got your interest yet??




Did you know that your car.. moving at 35mph moves 53 feet in one second? It takes about that amount of time of being distracted for you to cause an accident while you text.

80% of crashes, and 65% of near crashes, involved some form of driver inattention
within 3 seconds of the event

The average text read or response take the drivers eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. At highway speeds they would have cleared a football field and and, unfortunately in some cases, removed their ability to avoid a collision.




Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released in January 2010 by the National Safety Council.

The vast majority of those crashes, 1.4 million annually, are caused by cellphone conversations, and 200,000 are blamed on text messaging.




I bring this up because this evening when I was leaving the gym I witnessed a lady pulling out of her parking spot and driving away all while texting. She never once looked where she was going until she hit a parked car.





There isn't one thing important enough to text about that anyone of us should be endangering lives and property. People's loved ones are on the streets. Your loved ones are at home waiting for you. Keep your eyes on the road and get home safe. You can give them the message in person when you get there.


Pictures and statistics on the following websites:
www.cnn.com
www.madd.com
www.cagle.com
www.endtextingwhiledriving.com