Did you know if you are talking on the phone while driving you are four times more likely to have a wreck? I don't know about ya'll but I'm not real big on talking on the phone. I love to text and I'm on my phone constantly! In class, at the grocery store, while doing homework, at meal times, everywhere! Texting doesn't seem all that dangerous, right? Add a vehicle plus your cell phone and that equals another shocking statistic for you. If you are texting while driving you are 23 times more likely to be in a collision. That is almost the same statistic for drinking and driving. Most of us would never even consider driving after drinking but sadly virtually all of us get behind the wheel and text without a second thought.
"You aren't the only one affected by your choices and consequences," says Jeanne Brown. Jeanne and Johnny Mac knew about this first hand when their daughter, Alex, passed away on November 10, 2009 from a fatal car wreck. She had been texting and driving without a seat belt. While this tragedy impacted the Brown family in a big way, it inspired them to create the program B.U.S.T. which stands for Buckle Up and Stop Texting. This amazing program travels to different schools along with the truck that Alex crashed in to show students that texting and driving is dangerous. We always think "Oh that will never happen to me," but it happens to people everyday. Where do you think we get the statistics? It can happen to anyone in the blink of an eye.
The B.U.S.T. program is different than any other one that I've been to. We've all attended the ones in our high school auditorium and we leave without ever giving it another thought but this program hits home. It's an "in your face" presentation that really grabs your attention and makes you listen. Maybe it's the speakers who have lost their daughter due to texting and driving, maybe it's the actual truck from their daughter's accident, or maybe it's the video from Alex's sister, Katrina, who tells people what it's really like to lose someone who's that close to you.Whatever it is, this program is definitely worth seeing. Along with the presentation they have a B.U.S.T. pledge for students and adults to sign pledging to not text while driving and to buckle up.
To sign your B.U.S.T. pledge, find out more information, see calendar of events, etc please visit the B.U.S.T. website! http://www.bust2day.org/
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