What is the AT It Can Wait campaign?
What is the AT It Can Wait campaign?
AT’s OBJECTIVE In 2010, AT launched the “It Can Wait” program, educating distracted drivers that no call, text, email, or notification is worth dying for.
Why you pledge not to text and drive?
Of all the activities associated with distracted driving, sending text messages is the most dangerous. A person is 23 times more likely to have a motor vehicle crash while sending a text message than if they were only driving. That number towers over the other activities associated with distracted driving.
What was the message of the It Can Wait videos?
@SummerBreak is a YouTube-based, real-time reality series for the Millennial and Gen Z audience, a key target audience for the “It Can Wait” message about the dangers of distracted driving.
Can you be liable for texting a driver?
Texting while driving is not only against the law, but it can also result in civil tort liability for any auto accidents caused by distracted driving.
Do all states have laws that ban texting while driving?
Texting and driving is banned in most states. All other states have some form of law against it. In 48 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, it is illegal for any driver to text and drive.
What is AT drive?
AT DriveMode is an app that helps you avoid distractions so you can stay focused while driving. It silences incoming text messages and sends calls directly to voicemail. Text messages and mobile calls receive an auto-reply letting the sender know you are driving.
What is the solution to texting and driving?
Put your phone out of reach, such as in the glove box, back seat or trunk. Pull over and park safely if you need to use your phone to talk or text. Make a pledge to your family to never text or talk on the phone while driving. As a passenger, speak up if the driver starts texting or talking on his phone.
What is the problem with texting and driving?
1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving. Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk. Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. Traveling at 55 mph, that’s enough time to travel the length of a football field.
What two states have not banned texting while driving?
U.S. Distracted Driving Fines by State In fact, only two states – Montana and Missouri – do not have laws that ban texting for all drivers (in Missouri, drivers under the age of 21 found texting and driving face a $2oo fine and 2 points on their license).
When did it become illegal to text and drive?
Beginning in July 2008, cellular phone use was restricted to hands free for drivers 18 years and older and prohibited for drivers under 18 years of age. As of January 1, 2009 all drivers are prohibited from texting while driving a vehicle. Here are some important points related to the laws.
What happened AT DriveMode?
About AT DriveMode As of September 30, 2020, we’ll no longer support the AT DriveMode® app for Android®. After this date, downloads and updates won’t be available for the app. Use the app to: Silences text message alerts while you’re driving.
What does the DR mode app do?
What is AT DriveMode®? AT DriveMode is an app that helps you avoid distractions so you can stay focused while driving. It silences incoming text messages and sends calls directly to voicemail. Text messages and mobile calls receive an auto-reply letting the sender know you are driving.
What are the dangers of texting and driving?
Texting and driving is a combination that has produced numerous accidents on the road, with a frightening number resulting to fatalities. In fact, studies have shown that texting while driving is considered as dangerous as driving while intoxicated.
What are the problems with texting and driving?
Distracted driving activities. Sending a text message, talking on a cell phone, using a navigation system, and eating while driving are a few examples of distracted driving. Any of these distractions can endanger the driver and others. Texting while driving is especially dangerous because it combines all three types of distraction.
How many people die everyday from texting and driving?
About 2,600 people die each year as a result from texting while driving. Talking on a cell phone causes nearly 25% of car accidents.
Why you should not text and drive?
You should not text on your cell phone while driving because being distracted by texting is similar to driving while intoxicated. Texting on the phone while driving can cause you to react more slowly when an unexpected driving hazard emerges or perhaps to never see the hazard until it’s too late.
