Mark Cuban on Distracted Driving – It Can Wait

Businessman, investor and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban asks you to take the pledge not to drive distracted at http://www.itcanwait.com. No text, post, or search is worth a life.…

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#PutDownthePhone – Canada Distracted Driving Video

It Happens Fast

As a young man, Andrew, drives, (“tweet-tweet”), he’s distracted by a text message from his cellphone on the passenger seat. Hesitant, he picks it up to check and is crashed into by another car; popping up with a neck-tube feeder in a hospital room. His blank expression affirms brain damage.

Andrew sits motionless in a wheelchair for …

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Virtual Reality Experience – Distracted Driving Simulation

itcanwaitReel FX has created a powerful, impactful Virtual Reality experience for AT&T’s It Can Wait campaign. The two minute VR experience allows viewers to truly understand the horrific possibilities of distracted driving. This year marks the fifth anniversary of AT&T’s award-winning cause-related program which has already made a measurable difference in changing people’s perceptions about texting while driving. The use …

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91% Of Parents Who Drive Distracted Do It In Front Of Their Teens

NSCA National Safety Council survey found 91 percent of parents who use their cell phones while driving do so when their teens are in the car, despite 88 percent saying they are one of their teens’ primary driving teachers. The finding underscores not only the need to help parents break the habit of driving distracted, but also to help them …

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Distraction and Teen Car Crashes: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

The most comprehensive research ever conducted into crash videos of teen drivers has found significant evidence that distracted driving is likely much more serious a problem than previously known, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The unprecedented video analysis finds that distraction was a factor in nearly 6 out of 10 moderate-to-severe teen crashes, which is four times …

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