Yesterday, I was driving home with my 12 year old from his music lesson down a country road behind a teenage driver (girl) with all the tell-tale signs of of one who was texting/reading and driving. This went on for about 2 miles!!! I could see the lit screen she was holding up while she was slowly and erratically driving her Mercedes. When the road became two lanes I pulled into the lane beside her and I could see clearly that she was scrolling and reading info on the small screen. She looked over at me while I looked at her in disbelief... her face was expressionless as she turned back to her business... as far as I was concerned, it was 'lethal business'!
In this months issue of AAA's
Car & Drive Magazine there is a very telling article, "
Albany AWOL on Texting" on stalled legislation in Albany regarding texting and driving. It's already illegal but not as a
primary offense which ties the hands of the enforcers...
The statistics are glaring... the NTSA reported that 16% of traffic fatalities in 2009 were due to distracted drivers and of all distractions texting poses the greatest risk..."because it distracts drivers visually, manually and cognitively, creating a trifecta of deadly distractions."
Your NY community needs your support, let them know you want tougher laws to protect us...
Visit
www.capwiz.com/aanys/home to weigh in on this important issue!... when you click the link it only takes about 30 seconds to fill-in-the-blank email those politicians in Albany.
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