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From One Second to the Next--Texting Can Wait.
Is it just me, or does it seem like texting while driving is at an all-time high?. Every time I am looking to merge into a lane, or stopped at a light, it seems as though my fellow drivers' heads are pointed at their laps, staring into an iPhone while attempting to share a road with me. Although we would like to believe that teenagers are the only guilty demographic, this is not the case. According to TextingAndDrivingSafety.com, 27% of adults have sent or received a text message while driving. A scarier statistic, 48% of kids ages 12-17 have been in the car while the driver was texting.
Director Werner Herzog created the above documentary about the frightening consequences of texting while driving. A forewarning that this short documentary is contains graphic descriptions of accidents caused by texting, and is geared more towards high school students and older than lower grade-levels. The L.A. Times best described this documentary as "sobering." It is. It is also informative, frightening, and well worth watching.
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