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Message Monday - Sept. 21, 2015 - Texting & Driving? Oh Cell No!


9-21 message mondaySo you think you can drive and text safely? No… oh, no you can’t.

More and more traffic crashes are due to drivers texting when they are behind the wheel. Approximately 1.2 million people worldwide are victims of this each year. So how can drivers be convinced not to text, or do anything else on a phone for that matter, while driving?

How about proving to them that it is a very bad idea by requiring them to text while taking a driving test? Watch how these Belgian drivers react when told they had to pass the ‘mobile phone test’ in order to get their driver's license.https://youtu.be/HbjSWDwJILs

The fatality count of 233 is an increase of seven from last Monday. To see statistics published daily by the Office of Driver Services, go to http://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/stats/daily.pdf.

I don't get it. "Oh, Cell, No" ??

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