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Friday, July 27, 2007

No Message is Worth a Life

Recently, a fatal crash in Ontario County, New York took the lives of several teenagers. Authorities suspect the driver may have been sending a text message from her cell phone in the moments before the crash. It sounds astonishing, but texting and driving are becoming more common among teens.

"'The two main factors in accidents involving teens are inexperience and distractions', said Dan Strollo, president of In Control Advanced Driver Training."

A recent survey by FOX News in Minnesota found that 86 percent of teens admitted reading text messages while driving. Seventy-five percent admitted to sending text messages while behind the wheel. Read more online.

If text messaging is the least of your worries, you might be facing more serious problems with your teenager, like adolescent substance abuse. Learn more about adolescent substance abuse and what you can do to help your child at the Teen-Help-Directory.com.

Labels: driving, safety, text_messaging

posted by ByParents-forParents at 4:21 PM

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