SAVE A LIFE Swap - Please Join!

I lost 9 classmates to car accidents in high school, and I was close friends with several of those people. That messed me up pretty good for a long time.

I appreciate that you made this swap.

((hugs)) Katica, thank you for sharing yoru story

This is an awesome swap :D It's a great way to raise awareness about the dangers of driving while using a phone. I think what surprised me the most is that driving while holding a cell phone either texting or talking has been against the law in Australia for many many years but I didn't realise that it was accepted in other countries :-( In Australia you can only use a hands free cell phone. Texting or talking on a handheld cell phone is illegal.

I hope this swap highlights the dangers of what can happen if your reading your cell phone message instead of watching the road while your driving. It only takes 1 slight lack of concentration to cause an accident :-(

Congratulations @kawaiibuttons for an AWESOMEap

That was supposed to be AWESOME Swap :D lol

It's illegal where I live for handhelds to be used while driving and quite frankly it should be common sense that you can't text and drive at the same time. Sometimes it seems like there are laws simply to point out to people what they're too slow to figure out themselves. You don't write a letter which you drive why do people think they could text.

Sorry can't watch the links my internet connection is too slow.

I wish it was illegal here but not yet, I'm in North Carolina. Thanks for the comments!!

blah blah blah get government out of my home and teach your kids some common sense.

Here is your link Just put [ ] around your words you want highlighted, then put ( ) around the link ... no extra spaces anywhere.

billowing, ?????

billowing, the government is fine with you texting in your home - it's texting in your car that's the problem...

(just trying to lighten the mood! :^)

From www.handsfreeinfo.com "CHP numbers show a 20 percent reduction in fatalities and collisions in the six months following implementation of that California cell phone ban" Which means in just 6 months, 700 lives were saved.

texting while driving vide

this video opened my eyes to the dangers of texting while driving. my biggest fear is a car accident. seeing this made me so sick to my stomach because it seems so real. and the truth is, while this is fake, it is real for many people.

wow, kate, that video gives me chills. thanks for sharing and for joining my swap ♥

@camelsamba oh I completely understand that. The problem is how everyone is so gungho to implement a law to control everyone, because some people (mostly teenagers) cant control themselves.

I'm sorry for leaving that comment on your swap though @kawaiibuttons I've been frustrated in general with politics lately. Nice swap idea.

@billowing I think it'd be much least necessary for the government to implement laws to control everyone if so many people weren't so willing to do things that may harm themselves or others unless they're threatened with a ticket or jail. It's like "I don't care if I hurt or kill myself or another but oh god not a ticket that cost MONEY!" It's unfortunate that common sense is not as common as it should be but if you have common sense you wouldn't have to worry about these laws because your smart enough not to do that stuff anyway, it's those who lack common sense who have must worry about such laws. And honestly if someone is going to let their stupidity endanger themselves or other they deserve a ticket to hopefully knock some sense into them before they make a mess on the road.

FYI it is an interesting topic though isn't it.

@iggygirl although the people breaking the laws are the only ones that have to worry about such tickets, its everyone else that still suffers. Like a cage slowly being built around society these laws are more and more commonly being passed. The things that are controlled get more an more sever and in the end the government is telling us what is good and bad and what we should and shouldn't like. Someone shouldn't not do something because of the repercussions by law but because they don't want to harm themselves or anyone else, its just general consideration, but thats another subject entirely. The point I was making is not the degradation of the peoples view of themselves but the view of the people that control us. I don't need anyone to tell me what I should or should not have in my hand, my car, or how my attention should be divided. The thoughtlessness that is driving people to make these decisions is sickening and it is truly depressing to see changes like these implemented because of idiots.

The idea is to educate, not just have a blanket 'NO' covering the situation. Thats just perpetuating the problem. I may have gone on a tangent, but I think everything is there. Sometimes its not a good idea to post in the A.M. :x

billowing, I see your point and agree with most of what you said although I think that this was an unfair statement: "because some people (mostly teenagers) cant control themselves." I see many grown adults on the road everyday with their cells. I also see men shaving, women putting on makeup, and people trying to read a dang book! I don't believe that it is mainly teenagers. I believe that society wants to make out like it is mainly teenagers.

I agree, GreenyMeeny

I do not feel like I am suffering when the government tries to protect me from being run over by an idiot texting and driving. Of course education is better but an important question is Why is it so hard to educate people not to do things that may harm themselves/other? Why is "you'll get a ticket" a bigger threat then "you may die or kill someone!" because there are many things people know can kill/harm them or others (smoking/second hand smoke, speeding, alcoholism,drugs etc) but they don't care until the police get involved. It's truly perplexing, we've GIVEN the government more power over our lives by caring more about a ticket than the fact that "hey I could hurt/kill myself/someone" It's like the government can cause more fear then the grim reaper.