The Real Facts

Did You Know? • 20 percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. (NHTSA). • Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashed, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (NHTSA)

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News Updates

Stop Texting Behind the Wheel
http://www.parade.com/news/2010/06/06-stop-texting-behind-the-wheel.html

Perdue Signs No-Texting-While-Driving Bill
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=80023&provider=top

Bill Weakened by Senate

Experts Reveal Top 10 Tips for Promoting Safe-Driving Teens
This Summer
http://www.handstandscorporate.com/pressreleases/nophonezone_top10.php

Teaching the Dangers of Distracted Driving, Before It’s Too Late
http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/Dangers–Distracted-Driving–97517364.html

Duncan: Let’s Talk About Distracted Driving
http://www.rollcall.com/features/Transportation_Energy/tande/470101.html
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-mc-jacy-good-pa-cell-phone-legislation.7293303,0,6299018.story

No-Texting Law Goes Into Effect For All Drivers
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88169/

The Loss of an Only Child
http://www.wusa9.com/news/greathangup/story.aspx?storyid=102899&catid=296

Students Take on Texting while Driving
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=228917