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1. Texting and Driving
By: Mackenzie Williamson

3. There is NO excuse for texting and driving!!

4. *Facts from 2009; many states have been banned since

5. Be honest, how often do you risk your life? Is it worth it?

6. The ratio of male to female
texting and driving habits is
1:1

7. Car #1 shows the average stopping time
with no distractions. Car #2 shows the
effects of alcohol and other reaction
impairing substances. Car #3 shows that
texting doubles the breaking time of the
average impairing substance.

8. In 2006, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group conducted a survey of
more than 900 teens from more than 26 high schools
nationwide.

9. The results showed that 37% of
students found texting to be "very"
or "extremely" distracting

10. A study by the American Automobile Association discovered that
46% of teens admitted to being distracted behind the wheel
because of texting.

11. While legally drunk, Alterman's stopping distance from 70 mph increased
by 4 feet; by contrast, reading an e-mail added 36 feet, and sending a text
added 70 feet

12. A 2009 experiment with Car and Driver magazine editor Eddie
Alterman that took place at a deserted air strip showed that texting
while driving had a greater impact on safety than driving drunk.

13. You wouldn’t risk your mother’s life…

14. Or your child’s life…

15. So why risk your own?

16. Things may seem urgent at the time, but there are alternatives
to texting and driving.

17. Let whoever you’re talking to know that you won’t be able to respond for
the time being…

18. Call them on the phone so your eyes can remain on the road…

19. If it is very urgent, you can even pull to the side of the road!!

20. Whatever it takes to keep yourself and
others safe, do it!!!

21. You wouldn’t want to end up looking
like this…or worse…

22. So next time you hear that little ring, remember that your safety is more
important than one message.