I do NOT text and drive.
I rarely ever talk on my phone while driving.
BUT that is going to change because that is not good enough.
I will not be talking on my phone at all anymore while driving. Here is the even bigger step for me. I am going to ask my loved ones to please NOT call me while they are driving.
Now that is a tricky one.
My mom works long hours often we talk while she commutes home on her 45 minute drive, in a crappy tin car on a crowded California freeway.
Sometimes I call my husband, just to check in, even though I know he's on a freeway with my child and it makes me feel nervous knowing he'll have to answer it. I will ask him not to anymore.
I am going to send an email out to my friends telling that I will be doing this in the name of Fix The Toaster and to take it a step further honoring Distracted Driving awareness month.
They will roll their eyes and laugh at me.
But then I will tell them:
**The average text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds, so a texting driver is 23 times more likely to crash then a non-texting driver.
**Talking on your phone while driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. (Watch the MythBuster Confirm it) That should be enough right there!!!!!
**They will argue and say, well I use hands free, I will say: Hands free has been proven to be just as dangerous.
Today I did not talk on my phone at all. I drove nearly an hour to meet up with a friend for a hike.
I listened to music, I fidgeted but I know it's the right thing to do.
I hope you too can make this change.
I get it, I really do.