CAUTION: DO NOT TEXT WHILE DRIVING!
An 18 year old driver, traveling 70 MPH plowed dead center into the rear of the vehicle ahead of her.
There was no blowout, no wet road, no curve or hill or fog to limit visibility.
This girl clearly should have been able to see the traffic conditions at least a half mile ahead had she been driving as she should have, looking ahead....and not down, texting.
But this is a true, pictorial, personal look at the real human cost of texting while driving.
Three Year Old Griffen
Before The Accident
Griffen the day after 4 hours of surgery to repair multiple skull fractures. He would surely have died or been severely disabled had they not been minutes away (by StarFlight helicopter) from Austin's world-class children's Dell Children's Medical Center and neurosurgeon Dr. Timothy George.
Watching a movie on his Dad's iPhone. The swelling of his head will go away, but that scar from ear-to-ear will be with him forever.
All the medical experts involved expect him to make a full recovery. Pretty soon he'll be all healed up - thank the Lord!
In six weeks he'll be allowed to be just as active as any other 3-year-old.
If you feel you absolutely need to text a message while you are out and about driving, pull your car off the road and out of traffic, park safely and then create and send your message.
Stop signs and stop lights are not an alternative!
Phone company records of text messages are irrefutable and accurate to the second; so it would be an easy matter to prove in court that a person was texting at the time of an accident.
Text responsibly.
The 18 year old driver walked away, unscathed...
But not Griffen...
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