Pledging Not to Text and Drive

Denver Buro, Caitlyn Wright, Quincy Wilson, Garrison Duncan, Morgan Griffin

In the Thursday Sept. 20 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal, special correspondent Jesse Burkhart writes about students at East Forsyth High School pledging not to text and drive as part of a statewide campaign.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, in partnership with the City of Winston-Salem, the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and AT&T, declared Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012 as "No Text on Board" Pledge Day in Winston-Salem, and students at other schools also pledged not to text and drive.

In urging people to take the pledge, Carol Montague-Davis sent out a message saying, "Texting while driving is extremely dangerous; in fact who text while driving are 23 times more likely to be in a crash.  It's illegal to text and drive in North Carolina, yet serious crashes occur every day.  Nationally, over 100,000 crashes each year are caused by texting while driving and 75 percent of teenagers say it is common among their friends."

Journal  photographer Bruce Chapman took the photos for the newspaper story. For the full story go to Winston-Salem Journal