Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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.