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GOT A TEXT!!
　
　
How many of us drive and text these days? I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll check my phone while sitting at a stop light, but while I’m driving, it’s all eyes on the road!! It’s scary to think that even in my own neighborhood while my daughter is riding her bike around the block ( I of course walk with her ) someone might be driving down the road texting not paying attention and slam right over my daughter! Of course she knows to get to the side of the road incase she hears a car, but on hills, when its hard to see the other side of the road, that’s especially dangerous.

I looked up some texting while driving facts and they are outstanding! Between the years 2001 and 2007 16,000 Americans died because they couldn’t put their phone down to drive! When I think about what I’m going to die from, I think of something honorable or maybe old age, but death from texting?! That is just scary! We all need to be more responsible, and if you don’t care about your life enough to shut it up for one minute, then think about the pregnant woman or the little kid in the car next to you. You’re not the only person that is affected by this! Here are some more frightening facts! 80% of car accidents are from distracted drivers (probably texters) and 33% of all accidents are from drunk drivers. So what is the law doing to prevent texting and driving? To break it down, basically it is perfectly legal to use your phone while driving if it’s to dial 911, report a legal activity, to prevent an injury to a person or property, or to talk to a dispatcher. It is okay if you are stopped or parked, and the only people legally able to talk or text is a police officer, ambulance, or fire fighter. By the way this law is for all people who drive, regardless of age. When the texting while driving laws came out I thought it was a little ridiculous, I couldn’t imagine being pulled over for sending a silly text message, but actually is it very important that we have those laws. So now we have laws that are in place to make it illegal to text and drive, how is this changing anything? People still do it. We need to get the word and let our friends and family know that we don’t text and drive and that will they shouldn’t either!! Watch this video, its sad!!

http://handsfreeinfo.com/missouri-cell-phone-laws-legislation

　

　

This video made me cry!!

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964

　

　

　

　

　

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.htmlhttp://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/10/05/driving-while-texting-as-bad-asdrunkdrivinsays-study/http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c300-399/3040000820.htm