For my internship for my major (public health) I'm working with the Utah County Health Department on a campaign against texting while driving and raising awareness of Utah's new law.
We're throwing a fair this TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 from 9am to 5pm in the Garden Court of the Wilkinson's Center. There will be booths talking about the new law and its consequences (really heavy fines and even possible jail time), research on why it's so dangerous (as bad or worse as drunk driving), personal stories (it can happen to anybody, including you), and statistics on BYU students' texting while driving behaviors.
At 1pm, Reggie Shaw will be speaking. He killed two people because he was texting his girlfriend while driving. He was pulled from his mission in Canada so he could testify at his trial. His story sparked the legislation that is now the new law banning texting while driving. As part of his community service hours he speaks to schools and assemblies urging them not to be as he once was, with the superman mentality that he had full control even when texting and driving. Come hear his powerful story that will hopefully help you change your behaviors for the better as well.
Let me know if you have any questions! Tell all your family and friends to stop by! Hope to see you there!
3 comments:
http://www.mycellphoneiskillingme.com/reggie_shaw_text_message_accident.html
http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/anything-everything/38284-dont-text-drive-warning-very-graphic.html
Keep up the good work. My 19 year old daughter was killed while driving. Phone records show that she had been talking and texting
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