I was watching a talk show the other day about the dangers in texting while drigin and my eyes began watering up as I was listening to the stories of families who have lost loved ones when someone else or themselves were on the phone while driving. Did you know that 5,000 people in the U.S. died last year from cell phone related accidents? There is a lady in here that I've met who has the same sentence as me for assault with a vehicle from texting while driving. Fortunately, everyone in the accident survived although both injured.
Distracted driving is fucking dangerous. I know you hear this all the time and probably always think it will never happen to you, but think again. I used to think that way too. Well, it happened to me, it happened to two friends of mine, it happened to thousands and thousands of others and it CAN happen to you. So if you can do anything at all to prevent this, I'm pleading with you - please do.
Whether it's talking on the phone while behind the wheel, texting, putting makeup on, drinking, doing drugs, sleepily driving, or even getting behind the wheel when you're crying - DON'T DO IT. They asked on the talk show,"You wouldn't take a shower while blow drying your hair so why would you operate a vehicle with any other distractions?" I imagine drinking or texting or half sleeping as you are chopping up tomatoes on a cutting board. You might luck out and nothing will happen, but your tomato can get diced up horribly or worse, your fingers can be sliced off.
We're all adults now and with that comes responsibilities. I'm not trying to preach to anyone, I'm just telling you because I care. I don't want any of you to have to ever go through what I've been through or worse. I don't want any of you to lose one of your closest friends. I don't want you to end up in prison or dead yourselves. Just say no to distracted driving. I know it's corny but I mean it when I say, "It's better to be safe than sorry."
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