People are dying: The realities

Loving father of two.












Loving husband and father.











Reggie killed the two men above while TWD. As a result, he completed 100 hours of public service and 30 days in jail, yet he will have to live with this tragedy for the rest of his life. The penalties he received for TWD are now much higher in Utah.

In the UK, Rachel Begg, 19, entered prison for four years after causing the death of a 64 year-old grandmother. Begg was texting while she ploughed into the woman's car at 70 mph.
Chelsea Ann Bragg, 18, was killed in a rollover crash after texting while driving. She veered off the shoulder of the road and then lost control of the car, causing it to roll twice. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dana Trammell, 17, was texting someone on her way to her first day of school of senior year when she crashed and was thrown from her vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.









Ashley D. Miller, 18, veered into oncoming traffic and hit another car head-on while she was texting. She and the other driver, a 40 year-old mother of 1, were killed instantly.

A Conflicting Culture

Our culture is addicted to texting. Duh. But it's so funny how all of a sudden we realize the dangers and start restricting its use--no wonder the transition is a little slow and hard to adopt. But, this is nothing new. Remember when smoking was cool? Yeah, movie stars advertised cigarettes on TV and it was everything that is glamorous and beautiful. Then came the the realization of lung cancer, the attack on Big Tobacco, and the Truth Campaign. Suddenly smoking is not so cool anymore--it's even hard to find places to smoke these days. It might take awhile to see texting while driving (TWD) become as rejected as smoking is, but things need to change somehow. Since the addiction to instant communication and gratification won't change soon (that seems to be the whole goal of technology), technology should help facilitate through hands-free technology in the car and the enforcement of these new laws against TWD. So much to think about! But drastic change can be made to our addicted and car-crashing generation. Think about what people would have thought 50 years ago if they knew that in the UK now, you can't even smoke in a pub!

Billboard Idea

Would this get you to stop and think about texting while driving?