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Travel Bug Dog Tag Hang up and drive!

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Released:
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Origin:
Ohio, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Digger9's 5th Annual Halloween Weenie Roast

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To tell folks that driving a vehicle requires their attention.
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Hang up and drive!

This is a TB with an editorial.

I am tired of being cut off or nearly smashed into by people that think they can operate their car and talk on the phone. In the USA, in 2008, over 37,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes (MVC)! MVC are the #1 cause of death for persons aged 3 to 33 in the USA. In 2000, the economic cost of MVC in the USA was over $230 Billion. Yes, BILLION!
People talking on the phone while driving are FOUR TIMES more likely to be involved in a crash. A study done in London in Sept. 2008 stated that people texting while driving are more impaired than if they were drinking alcohol or smoking marijauna.

March 2009: A recent study done at Harvard University showed 636,000 car accidents caused by persons talking on the phone!
July 2009: Another study from Harvard stated that 2,600 persons are killed annually in the USA due to cell phone use while driving. But don't worry. It won't be you.
January 2010 You are 4x more likely to crash while talking on the phone. That is equal to being legally drunk! Texting while driving? 8x more likely to crash! Twice the risk of being drunk!
December 2011
Last year, almost 3100 people were killed in automobile accidents caused by distracted drivers.  Also, polls show that 90% believe that distracted persons don't drive well.  Yet those same folks believe they drive fine while talking on the phone.  
Think about it. Do you really have to order that pizza or find out the latest gossip while driving? If you have to babble on the phone while in your car, pull over and park.

There are other people on the road too, not just you.

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Retrieve It from a Cache 1/23/2006 The O'Hara Cache Crew retrieved it from Blown up, Sir! Ohio   Visit Log

Plundered it and will move along soon. YARRR!! Interesting statistic and are there any breakdowns of the data as to what caused the crashes? Like talking on a cell phone, Spilled beverages, drunk driving, trying to enter coords on your GPS while flying down the road trying to be the FTF? Just wondering.

[This entry was edited by The O'Hara Cache Crew on Monday, January 23, 2006 at 1:35:07 PM.]

Dropped Off 1/22/2006 JoesBar placed it in Blown up, Sir! Ohio   Visit Log
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