Three Minutes to Protect Kids from Distracted Driving Deaths. Tell Your Congressman: Vote No on Black Motion
Posted by:
Anthony Green
at Jun 23, 2012 12:00 AM CDT
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THE ISSUE
All of us know that distracted driving is a serious problem that puts our kids at risk. A bill that is being considered in Congress would encourage states to take steps to stop distracted drivers, but Congresswoman Diane Black (R-TX) is offering a motion probably as early as Tuesday to prevent our federal and state governments from protecting our kids from distracted drivers using cell phones while driving.
TAKE ACTION
We need your help NOW to write your Congressman and encourage them to vote NO on the Black amendment on distracted driving. You can go here for an easy way to tell your Congressman not to be distracted away from preventing highways deaths. It should take you no more than 3 minutes. Safe Kids supported the distracted driving initiative in its 22-point program to make the highway bill kid friendly.
Key Facts:
- Each year, cell phones are a factor in 1.3 million crashes, thousands of deaths, and hundreds of thousands of injuries.
- The National Safety Council estimates that 24% of all motor vehicle crashes involve cell phone use.
- According to the DOT, in 2009 nearly 5,500 people died and half a million were injured in accidents involving a distracted driver.
Stories Why We Must Stop Distracted Driving
Megan D says:“My godson, Enzo Williams, recently died in a car accident, he was 6 months and 15 days old. They were waiting to turn left at a red light and the driver who hit them was texting and not paying attention.”
Shelley Forney tells how: her daughter Erica was riding her bike home two days before Thanksgiving 2008 when a woman in an SUV, finishing a phone call and looking down at her phone, felt a thud, which was Erica. Watch YouTube video.
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