Is this for real?
There's a state summit of Wisconsin teens this week.
The topic: The dangers of texting while driving.
Students organized the "summit" as part of their participation in the National Teen Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C. last fall.
Nearly 800 teens from throughout Wisconsin will gather in Wisconsin Dells this week to talk about the dangers of texting while driving.
Oak Creek High School students along with the Wisconsin State Patrol, the Wisconsin Family Career and Community Leaders of America and AT&T Wisconsin organized the first-ever "Teen State Summit."
The students were chosen last fall to participate in the National Teen Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C. and then tasked with holding the meeting in 2012.
They hope to reinforce the message that text messages should wait until after driving.
The summit Tuesday will feature a documentary called "The Last Text" about lives altered or ended by texting and driving and an obstacle course presentation that demonstrates how difficult it is to text and drive.
A summit?
What a waste!
No one should be texting while driving.
Done.
"[T]ext messages should wait until after driving."
Right. No kidding.
Should there be a summit to reinforce the message that jumping in front of a speeding train is not a good idea? A summit to reinforce the message that going for a run on the freeway isn't too smart?
There's no need for 800 teens to gather to summit on texting while driving.
This isn't a gray area.
JUST DON'T DO IT.
1 comment:
Excuse me while I slow my car down from 85 to 75 and text my approval to the organizers of the summit.
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