"Keep your eyes in the road, not the
phone."
By: Hailey Bochette
-In 2010, AT&T started the It Can Wait Campaign.
-It's goal is to get people to pledge to always have your
eyes on the road when driving and not on your phone.
-With today's technologies, it is becoming easier to
communicate with others. It can vary from Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter, or a simple text. Because of this, drivers-
more directly, teens and milenials- are getting distracted
from the road to look at their notifications. This causes severe
wrecks and injuries each year.
-This campaign focuses on young drivers to never text
and drive; "No life is worth losing over a text or call while
driving somewhere."
Laws and Legislations
Drive Mode
-AT&T has been abale to launch an app that Android and Apple users can use. It silences notifications and auto-replies when the driver can't respond.
-It has recieved more than 10 million downloads.
Laws in South Carolina
-Child Passenger Safety
-Requires car seats for infans and children based on age, weight, and height.
-Requires that all children sit in the back seat.
-Distracted Driving
-Bans cell phone use by novice and school bus drivers.
-Graduated Driver Licensing
-Bans cell phone use by novice drivers
-Resrtrict night time driving while having a drivers permit.
-Resrtictions on the number of passengers during the time that the driver has a drivers permit.
-Drunk Driving
-Ignition interlock law that requires all or some convicted druck drivers to install interlocks in their cars to analyze their breath.
How To Support
~Advertise the campaign through social
media and sites using the #ItCanWait
~Go to the website
www.itcanwait.com and take
the pledge not to text and drive
~Download the tool kit from the
website to spread the word of how dangerous it
is behind the wheel.
~Encourage people in your community to save
a life by putting their cell phones and other
hand-held devices while they are driving
~Host a community fun-run to raise awareness
to the cause of the campaign
~Show it off by wearing a costumized shirt of
the campaign
Resources
-www.itcanwait.com
-www.ghsa.org