It’s Do Not Text and Drive Day

NO! Please Do Not Text and Drive!

Did you know today was national “Do Not Text and Drive Day?” Please join the nationwide effort to prevent car accident deaths due to texting while driving. Here’s some facts to make you think twice:

FACT #1: Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that’s enough time to cover the length of a football field. (2009, VTTI)

FACT #2: A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into an accident than a non-texting driver. (2009, VTTI)

FACT #3: Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashes, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (NHTSA)

For more information on preventing car accident deaths from texting while driving visit the site Stop Texts and Stop Wrecks.

For our Baby Boomers out there, here’s a classic song from the 50’s: A man sings sweet and low of losing his “baby” in a car accident. Lyrics that to this day, still give me chills.

For the younger generations, here’s Pearl Jam’s version of the song, every bit as sad. Consider the possible outcome when you text while driving. Simply said, less car accidents equals less deaths.