Texting While Driving

Texting while driving needs to stop. The amount of young Americans that text while driving is ridiculous, they to need stop and think. It’s not where your hands are, it’s where your head is. Your hands could be on the wheel but without your concentration on the road and your eyes to see were your going your endangering your life and everyone around you. Don’t endanger anyone else’s life because you don’t mind endangering yours.

In the state of Connecticut texting is outlawed. The fines go from $100 to $150 to $200 but that’s only for hand held cell phones. Adults 18 and older must use hands-free devices while talking on cell phones or using a “mobile electronic device.” Minors are prohibited from using wireless phones or other mobile electronic device while driving- with or without hands-free devices. If you’re a school bus driver in the state of Connecticut, you are not allowed to use your cell phone at all.

Do you text? Do you text while driving? Do you support the new laws? You should read up on all that cell phones cause. Look at the statistics, click the link below. Are you a smart driver? Think before you act. Do the right thing, not just for you but for everyone else. Don’t be a statistic, prevent an accident and save a life.

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html