Georgia Bans Texting While Driving; Targets Teens

By | June 7, 2010

  • June 7, 2010 at 1:51 am
    Teresa says:
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    This should be a more comprehensive bill to also cover cell phone use while in a moving vehicle. There are too many people who are not focused on driving while talking on the phone at the same time. You can tell who they are as they are weaving into your lane, almost hit you, and are just totally in a fog.Georgia missed the mark again.

  • June 7, 2010 at 2:39 am
    Erik Wood says:
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    I decided to do something about teen distracted driving after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me last fall by a texting driver. That incident changed me but I don’t hate texting. Texting is here regardless of how I feel. 72% of teens text every single day – some over 3000 times a month. The texting drivers I spoke with, including teens and truckers, all said that laws and Big Brother type software devices that “lock down” their phones would not deter them at all. They feel their civil liberties threatened. So I built a tool called OTTER to compliment the efforts of legislation and public education. OTTER helps the individual manage their texting on their terms.

    In response to the epidemic of teen texting and driving, we started our Break the Habit Campaign (http://BTHnow.org ) to raise awareness of this problem thereby educating us all of the dangers. Did you know that 50% of teens interviewed admitted to texting while driving? If 50% admitted to it…how many are actually doing it?

    Erik Wood, owner
    OTTER LLC
    http://www.OTTERapp.com
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_yS0V21CFg



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