Your Alive -- Stay That Way! Texting and Driving! A great new aspect has been added to the Drivers Ed Class at East Henderson High School here in Henderson County, NC. The kids are getting to experience the danger of what can happen when being distracted by being shown through example. They run through a test with a golf cart and orange traffic cones. First without texting and than again by being distracted with a text message from a friend and a passenger talking to them. The result on the second phase of the test is many more knocked over traffic cones, which make a point.
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office and a State Highway Patrol Trooper came to the school to help educate the students on the dangers of texting and driving. So many tragedies and deaths have occured from being distracted while driving with one of the main culprets being cell phones. They work with the kids in the classroom first talking with them about the safety of seatbelts, driving under the influence and proper use of cell phones. Then they head outside to the golf carts and orange traffic cones. The Drivers Ed teacher at East said the kids are also shown during Drivers Ed classes victims of wrecks caused from driving and texting and the other factors.
This sounds like a great added part to the Drivers Education Course and hopefully will have a positive impact on the kids and be followed in other schools as well. The Times-News published an article on the class which you can read here.
From what I see happening out on the roads these days with cell phones I think many adults could benefit from the class as well. Take care and have a safe day.
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