Stay Alive, Just Drive

Florida Cell Phone Florida to unveil new PR campaign to convince people not to drive and talk on their cell phone

by Associated Press

Published: Wed, July 22, 2009 - 6:10 am CST Last Updated: Wed, July 22, 2009 - 6:25 am CST

Just hang up.
That's the message of a new Florida public education campaign
aimed at stopping people from talking on a cell phone or texting
while driving.
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will
begin its "Stay Alive, Just Drive" campaign next week. Florida
law doesn't prohibit drivers from texting or talking on the phone
while driving; it simply states that drivers must keep their cars
under control at all times.
According to a 2003 National Highway Transportation and Safety
Administration report, researchers estimate that 955 fatalities and
240,000 accidents in the United States in 2002 could be blamed on
drivers using cell phones.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Bullett Says:

Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:12 am

It should be against the law in every state to do anything when your behind the wheel besides drive.
People are getting dressed, grooming, discipling the children, eating, talking on the phone, texting, watching tv, everthing but paying attention to the road. This is why so many are killed on the roads each year, people aren’t paying attention.