So far 30 states have banned texting while driving, including Wyoming, and many are going one step further, sending kids through obstacle training courses so that the errors, accidents and fatalities they cause during the course-run can hopefully diminish their attempt to send an electronic message to someone while actually behind the wheel.
In Green River, the City has collaborated with Green River H.S. to perform the obstacle trainings. What the students do is drive through the course two times; the first time as a safe driver and the second time while texting on their phone information to a number provided by their direct passenger in the vehicle Scott Morris, Green River Police Detective and Green River High School Resource Officer. Morris, who witnessed every students’ driving ability while texting behind the wheel, hopes the students realize
the importance of why Wyoming has banned texting while driving. “We want to make these students aware of the dangers of texting while driving and how it slows their reaction times to things going on outside of the car in front of them where their eyes should always be,” says Morris. Morris says that most of the students were surprised at how difficult it was to text while navigating through the tight turns, corners, and stop signs throughout the obstacle course. Morris hopes that in the future these students will put their cell phones on silent or turn them off when they decide to get behind the wheel.
In Green River, the City has collaborated with Green River H.S. to perform the obstacle trainings. What the students do is drive through the course two times; the first time as a safe driver and the second time while texting on their phone information to a number provided by their direct passenger in the vehicle Scott Morris, Green River Police Detective and Green River High School Resource Officer. Morris, who witnessed every students’ driving ability while texting behind the wheel, hopes the students realize
the importance of why Wyoming has banned texting while driving. “We want to make these students aware of the dangers of texting while driving and how it slows their reaction times to things going on outside of the car in front of them where their eyes should always be,” says Morris. Morris says that most of the students were surprised at how difficult it was to text while navigating through the tight turns, corners, and stop signs throughout the obstacle course. Morris hopes that in the future these students will put their cell phones on silent or turn them off when they decide to get behind the wheel.
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