Texting n Driving, What can and does happen.
Sixteen-year-old Kayla Preuss died of head injuries when she lost control of her car and slammed into the center median. Phone records show Preuss was texting just before the accident.
According to a recent survey, 46% of 16- and 17-year-olds admit to text messaging while driving. That's a frightening statistic, considering AAA found that the risk for a car accident increases by 50% for those who text while driving. Currently, six states have jurisdiction-wide bans on driving while talking on a handheld cell phone, which includes text messaging, according to the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety. Overall, 23 other states have a texting ban--and many other states have introduced legislation to ban this dangerous practice. In fact, a recent survey found 89% of Americans want texting while driving outlawed.
According to a recent survey, 46% of 16- and 17-year-olds admit to text messaging while driving. That's a frightening statistic, considering AAA found that the risk for a car accident increases by 50% for those who text while driving. Currently, six states have jurisdiction-wide bans on driving while talking on a handheld cell phone, which includes text messaging, according to the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety. Overall, 23 other states have a texting ban--and many other states have introduced legislation to ban this dangerous practice. In fact, a recent survey found 89% of Americans want texting while driving outlawed.
Tom Karnik, a student at Peetz High School, lays injured after a car accident during a mock collision conducted by Peetz High School, to help students see the dangers of drinking or texting while driving
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Chance Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving.
The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, “I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel …”
A few seconds later, Bothe’s pickup veered off a bridge and dropped down a 35-foot-deep ravine.
He suffered extensive injuries including a broken neck, a punctured lung, and a fractured face, which would later require extensive reconstruction. He had to learn to walk again, the station reports.
“I’m very lucky that I’m not gone forever,” Bothe, 21, also said on his last day of a six-month rehabilitation in Houston. “I still have things to do in this world.”
Chance Bothe knows firsthand the dangers of texting and driving.
The Texas man typed this message to a friend while driving home from college earlier this year, “I need to quit texting because I could die in a car accident and then how would you feel …”
A few seconds later, Bothe’s pickup veered off a bridge and dropped down a 35-foot-deep ravine.
He suffered extensive injuries including a broken neck, a punctured lung, and a fractured face, which would later require extensive reconstruction. He had to learn to walk again, the station reports.
“I’m very lucky that I’m not gone forever,” Bothe, 21, also said on his last day of a six-month rehabilitation in Houston. “I still have things to do in this world.”