It's April 1st, the beginning of National Distracted Awareness Month. Some of you might think that's a joke. It's not.
Nothing fucking funny about all of the people dying on our roads and our apathy towards it.
So think about things like this:
Statistics show that every time a driver sends a text message he looks at the phone for an average of 4.6 seconds, and in that time a car driving 55 mph will go the length of a football field, CBS2′s Joy Benedict reports. (CBS Los Angeles)
Other things to think about.
It took me 9 months to carry 1 of my three children. Around 50 hours of labor to birth all 3. You can take more time and not drive right behind me threatening me and my children's lives by your tailgating. Call your mom or someone you love they will all tell you to slow down, it is not worth it, you don't want to kill someone by speeding or tailgating. Unless you are like a Jeffrey Dahmer of the car culture. (Me, Fix The Toaster)
Please, please please try to think and talk about driving more safely.
Car crashes are mostly preventable.
They are not cancer we know the cures yet we are unwilling to change and we just brush them off saying they are "tragic accidents."
Bullshit.
Please try to put your phone away if you still drive with it. Honestly, put it down.
Just for a few minutes while you drive your thousand pound vehicle.
Good luck humans, come on we can do it.