Don't Text and Drive: Why You Should Take the Pledge
If one simple thing could save a life, would you do it? How about not texting while behind the wheel? Patch editors in Michigan are joining with AT&T in pledging that 'It Can Wait.' Here's why.
Patch.com editors in Michigan are asking our communities to join us and take a pledge not to text while driving. To support this effort, we’re teaming up with AT&T to offer some cool prizes for those who tell us why they won’t text and drive. AT&T's recent "No Text is Worth Dying For" advertisements tell the stories about the last text sent by people who have died in crashes. Over the next couple weeks, we’re also going to share stories about why this issue is so critical in Michigan and in our communities, what our young people are learning about texting and driving at school, what local laws say, and how you can stay focused behind the wheel. Jim Santilli, executive director of the nonprofit Traffic Improvement Association of Michigan, …
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4:54 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
I do that anyways. As a matter of fact, I lay on the horn, but most people are so distracted, they are oblivious to it or just don't give a damn about anyone else but themselves. I've pulled over and called the police on texters who have almost hit me while my child is in the back seat. more ›