Ballwin Police Joins AT&T for Don't Text and Drive Campaign
Ballwin's police department is asking drivers to pledge to not text and drive for No Text on Board Pledge Day.
Sept. 19 marks the inaugural No Text on Board Pledge Day. The Ballwin Police Department is combining efforts with AT&T for the "It Can Wait" campaign, urging drivers to pledge against texting and driving.
"There is no text message so important as to risk your life, so we hope everyone in Ballwin will support this effort and take the pledge," said Ballwin Police Chief Steve Schicker. "We applaud AT&T for its work to raise awareness of the dangers of texting and driving, and we are proud to offer our support."
The National Safety Council reports more than 100,000 accidents occur each year involving texting and driving. A survey conducted by AT&T shows 75 percent of teens polled say texting and driving is "common" among their peers.
The pledge is available at ItCanWait.com.
What do you think about texting and driving? Have you been directly impacted by it? Tell us in the Comments.
KCF Resident
9:21 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The time is long overdue for the enforcement of NO TEXTING while driving. It's not rocket science and why are adults being treated like children. They should know better. Every day I see some fool texting in heavy traffic weaving all over the road or slowing traffic down below the speed limit. It's time that it was enforced. Why, I was stopped by a Ballwin police officer because I momentarily unbuckled my seat belt to get my handkerchief. Timing was such that the policeman was there at the moment and I'm thankful for it. A couple of tickets given out will stop it immediately. You don't speed or run red lights in Ballwin...now address texting.
KCF Resident
8:49 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Here's and upadate. As with me my son is a hawk on texting while driving too. He had this to report to me when he got home this evening. Enroute to work this morning at 6:50a he was at the light on the north side of I-44 southbound on 141. He looked to his left and saw a Honda del Sol waiting to turn north on 141. Coming behind him was a gal in a Toyota and not paying attention because she was texting, plowed into the rear of the stopped Honda at around 25 mph. Fortunate for the driver in the Honda no traffic was coming as his car was pushed into what would be northbound traffic and he would have been hit broadside. So here's a realtime report on texting while driving.
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