https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j Each year texting and driving leads to many crashes and deaths which can easily be prevented. en-us 2019-02-25 14:25:29 UTC 2025-12-20 15:33:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/336907542 21 percent of teen drivers involved in fatal car accidents are distracted by their cell phone.]]> 2019-03-01 16:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/336907542 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338385541 2019-03-06 14:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338385541 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338390437 2019-03-06 14:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338390437 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338396121  94 percent of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.]]> 2019-03-06 14:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/338396121 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339169216 It doesn't matter if you look at your phone for 1 second, that 1 second can be the decider between life and death.]]> 2019-03-08 03:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339169216 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339171066 Distracted driving resulted in approximately 2,600 deaths in 2002. The number of distracted driving accidents increased by 22% in 2011 and resulted in 3,331 fatalities. Texting while driving is a leading cause of distracted driving.]]> 2019-03-08 03:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339171066 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339178730

During daylight hours across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, the NHTSA reports.

]]> 2019-03-08 04:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339178730 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339179213 Text and whatever. But when you get behind the wheel, give your phone to a passenger.]]> 2019-03-08 04:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339179213 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339179596 Even though texting and driving is illegal and you can get fined people somehow feel like it is a good idea.]]> 2019-03-08 04:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339179596 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339300067 At times, their cell use is distracting and dangerous because it takes place when their attention is best focused elsewhere.]]> 2019-03-08 14:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339300067 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339301115  Smith couldn't shake the feeling that something about the crash didn't make sense. The driver who killed her mother was a sober, churchgoing 20-year-old who'd never even had a speeding ticket.]]> 2019-03-08 14:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339301115 105653 https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339302180  According to a report published by the NHTSA, 5,474 people were killed in the United States due to distracted driving incidents and 448,000 were injured in these accidents.]]> 2019-03-08 14:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/105653/mkq2k4yxpz0j/wish/339302180