Texting while driving is, no doubt, a serious issue. Many organizations are being created to help spread awareness of the dangers of texting while driving. The main age group that is involved in texting while driving are teens and young adults. One of the many organizations that are doing their part to help spread awareness is the Text Free Driving Organization.
Text Free Driving Organization's mission is, "to make out highways, roadways and neighborhood streets as sage as possible" (Text Free Driving). Their website is full of statistics and frightening numbers. There is also a live feed of recent news relating to texting while driving. The organization's main goal is to get drivers to stop texting while driving.
At my school last year, many students and teachers took a pledge to not text and drive. They signed a form and were given an orange bracelet to show that they made the pledge and planned to follow it. This became a common even at many other schools. This all began after Oprah Winfrey's show on the dangerous outcomes of texting while driving. Many people listened to what she had to say about the subject and made the pledge.
Different groups and organizations are making an effort to try and get drivers to stop texting while driving by educating them with startling statistics. If the status of this problem does not improve, drastic measures might have to be taken; the little organizations would be labeled unsuccessful.
Information Source:
"Text Free Driving Organization". Text Free Driving. Web. 14 October 2010.
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