Texting and Driving

In effect June 10, 2010, Washington State accepted a law that sending messages or speaking over the telephone while driving  may end up in a $124 punishment and a traffic ticket. Washington State drivers must now use hands-free devices.  Young drivers with instruction permits or intermediate licenses (this means all licensed drivers below the age of  18) aren't allowed to use wireless devices at all, aside from in emergencies!


A Special Note to Parents.
Mobile Phones can be one of the most unsafe things your son or daughter can own as  they turn sixteen and get in front of the wheel of a automobile. Speak with your sons or daughters about the life-changing things  distracted driving can cause and set obvious expectations that when they're driving, they are not talking on a cell phone. The call or text can wait.


Information About Cell Phone Use While Driving
*A driver talking on a cell phone is as impaired as a driver with a .08 blood-alcohol level; the legal limit.
*A driver who is texting is as impaired as a driver with a .16 blood-alcohol level; double the legal limit.
*6000 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2008 in the United States; 500,000 were  injured.


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