At 70mph your car is traveling at 100 feet per second, snap your fingers, you have just traveled 100 feet! Now then, think about the last conversation that you had while driving your car…….do you remember any part of that drive?

Those who use their cell phones while driving are oblivious to just about everything and anything going on around them. It really does not matter just how good of a driver we are or rather think we may be, reality is, if you are using your cell phone while driving ( hands-free or not) the potential of becoming involved in or causing an accident increases dramatically.

A recent study by the University of Utah concluded that taking on a cell phone while driving is as dangerous if not more so than driving while intoxicated.

The kicker is that most of the time our conversations are going something like this ” NOTHING, what are you doing?” So, you may want to ask yourself: how important is that call really, considering that you are driving a lethal weapon? The difference between a gun and a car is that it is pretty hard to kill more than one person with one bullet. It is really easy to kill many people with just one car. Please give that some thought the next time you are talking about the ball game or the latest sale at Nordstroms.

If you are a parent and you have a young person who is getting ready to start driving, please be a good example and refrain from cell phone use while driving. Habits are easily learned but bad habits are very hard to break and in this case potentially lethal. Don’t teach your puppy that it is ok to chew the rug.

Need more proof?

http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones/

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1700846,00.html

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