4. Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent-at 55 mph-of driving the length of an entire football field, blind. (VTTI) Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%. (Carnegie Mellon)

7. July 20, 2011 Killed by distracted driver January 2011

9. GET INVOLVED! 1.Take the Pledge: Commit to being a safe, distraction-free driver. Print out the pledge form, fill it in, and keep it in your car or locker as a reminder to stay off the phone when you're driving. 2. Be Seen: Share a “Faces Of Distracted Driving” video on Facebook or Twitter to let your friends know about the consequences of cell phone use behind the wheel. Change your social networking profile picture to remind your friends that "One Text or Call Could Wreck It All." 3. Speak Up: Don't stop at being a great driver - be a great passenger! Make sure to call out your friends, and even your parents, if you see them using a cell phone behind the wheel.

10. Jeff Gray Tammy Hanson Cami Einerson Nathan Rollins Nathan Blasier Vedran Rogonjic

11. Sources: Distracted Driving. US Department Of Transportation. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. http://www.distraction.gov/index.html Uncle Sam Photo, Slide 6: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uncle_Sam_%28pointing_finger%29.jpg Group Silhouette Slide 5 photo: http://renrutkram.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/bigstockphoto_group_of_young_people_lar ge_355477.jpg Car crash photo, Slide 2: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Car_Accident.jpg Distracted driving photo 1: http://www.youthareawesome.com/excuses-excuses/ www.itcanwait.com http://www.distracteddrivinghelp.com/distracted-driving/facts-and-statistics http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/index.html http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distracted_Driving/Pages/DistractedDrivingResearchandSta tistics.aspx http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp