As more people discover Drop It And Drive (we now average 6,500+ hits/month – yeah!), the emails I receive get more and more creative and visually descriptive. This series titled “I Just Learned How to Text” was forwarded by a lower mainland Fire Fighter.
The doubters out there may ask, “How do you know the driver was [...]
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I Just Learned How to Text Message
As more people discover Drop It And Drive (we now average 6,500+ hits/month – yeah!), the emails I receive get more and more creative and visually descriptive. This series titled “I Just Learned How to Text” was forwarded by a lower mainland Fire Fighter.
The doubters out there may ask, “How do you know the driver was [...]
Breaking The Tlk ‘n Txt Habit
A great friend reminded me the other night, over cups of Chai Tea Latte and delectable coffee concoctions at the local Starbucks, that not everyone who talks and texts while driving is a thoughtless, criminally minded $#*!, who is willfully putting other drivers’ lives in danger. Unlike drinking and driving, which has been taboo, social [...]
Test of the Distracted Driving Eye Re...
Guest Post by: Matt Grant, Roadside Safety
‘We are about keeping the people who work on or near the road safe.’
…cont’d from Part 1
There is a 2 second lag time though and most of the time this seemed adequate but if you were on a small road pulling onto a major road and had to keep your head turned for an extended per [...]
Test of the Distracted Driving Eye Re...
Guest Post by: Matt Grant, Roadside Safety
‘We are about keeping the people who work on or near the road safe.’
Just wanted to write this up before I went to the SEMA Summit.
I tested a product called the driver fatigue alarm system. I am much better at expressing myself with the spoken compared to the written word but I will do m [...]
Kids Care About Distracted Driving &#...
This grade seven student understands that distracted driving goes beyond talking and texting on hand-held electronic devices. The talented artist uses great illustrations and captions to list what distractions to avoid when driving.
Most drivers are aware of the laws against using hand-held electronic devices while driving – at least th [...]
Kids Care About Distracted Driving – ...
In February, DIAD announced our 1st Annual Distracted Driving Awareness Poster Contest open to Kindergarteners through Grade 7’s in every school district throughout BC. Some might ask, what could kids that age have to say about an issue that mostly affects people at or near driving age…well, you might be surprised.
Kids from over 15 com [...]
Because of Distracted Driving, My Sto...
“I don’t have a ‘story’ about distracted driving…the point is, I don’t want to.” I’m not waiting until I’m a grieving mother, wife, daughter or sister before I try and DO something about the serious and escalating problem of distracted driving.
That’s what it says right on the front page of my D.I.A.D. ~ Drop It And Drive blog…it’s how [...]
Please Promise Not To Use Your Cell P...
Guest Post by Karen B. Jones, Illustrator
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Does anyone else know one of these walking contradictions?
I’m talking about Moms who are so careful about their kids. They baby-proof their homes until there’s nary a sharp corner or exposed outlet to be found. They pull all the strings out of their kids jackets and hoodies. They cu [...]