Sheriff: Make a Pledge to Not Text and Drive
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office asks people to make a New Year's resolution in 2013 that could save a life or prevent a crash.
Editor's Note: The following was taken from a Hennepin County Sheriff's Office e-newsletter. A new survey indicates that while 97 percent of teens know texting while driving is dangerous, 43 percent of them admit to sending a text while driving – and 75 percent say the practice is common among their friends.The survey found that teenagers feel pressure to quickly respond to text messages – and adults are also setting a poor example by texting while driving themselves. Make a New Year's resolution in 2013 that could save your life or prevent a crash. Take a pledge NOT to text and drive and ask your family members to do the same. Remember, it is illegal to text and drive in Minnesota. Create a new habit: Put your phone in the glove box …
Mike E
6:55 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
I think the sheriff should lead by example, and do what Ft Wayne did, by not allowing use of in car computers if the car is travelling more than 15 MPH. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/08/policing-police-those-distracting-car-computers/3127/ more ›