Turtle Life
From the monthly archives: August 2009
Texting while driving is one of the fastest rising dangers to automobile travel in the world today. Due to the increased amount of fatal traffic accidents involving texting while driving many governments ranging all the way to national levels are enacting laws to make it a crime and sponsoring Public Service Announcements and programs to alert the public about the dangers of texting while driving.
The following five videos, which can be found on YouTube, are of news reports, program clips, and public service advertisements about the ugly realities of texting while driving. The fifth video is from a United Kingdom PSA that has been causing quite a stir due to it’s graphic representation of an automobile accident.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) driver inattention causes roughly 80% of all collisions. The National Safety Council (NSC) states that automobile crashes are the number-one cause of accidental death in the U.S.
Earlier this year Car and Driver magazine reported on a study that showed texting while driving can impair drivers more than alcohol intoxication.
“I rather listen to my Clash records all night then be with you!” she said just before hanging up the phone.
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There’s a sign on the wall,
But she wants to be sure
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
(That’s what I’m gonna do)
Though you don’t call any more
I sit and wait in vain
I guess I’ll rap on your door (your door)
Tap on your window pane (tap on your window pane)
I wanna tell ya baby changes I’ve been goin’ through
Missin’ you – listen you
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