{"id":127,"date":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/campaign-aimed-at-teens-distracted-driving\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:54:25","slug":"campaign-aimed-at-teens-distracted-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/campaign-aimed-at-teens-distracted-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Aimed at Teens\u2019 Distracted Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/category\/car-accidents\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Car accidents<\/a> | November 29, 2011<\/p>\n<p>A new public service announcement (PSA) will begin airing this week at Regal Cinemas and various gas station pumps across the nation. The PSA is part of a campaign by the U.S. Department of Transportation to educate teen drivers about the danger of <a href=\"\/auto-accidents\/distracted-driving-accidents\/\">distracted driving<\/a>. The timing of the announcements is meant to coincide with the large number of teen drivers who will be on the roads during winter vacation, many in challenging weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>While teens are more likely to engage in several forms of distracted driving, including talking to friends, listening to music and eating, the campaign targets texting while driving. The campaign is referred to as &#8220;OMG&#8221; and uses common chatspeak slang to deliver a message of safety. Driving and texting do not mix. Anything that takes your hands off the wheel or your eyes off the road endangers your life, your passengers&#8217; lives and the lives of everyone else on the road. The prevalence of texting among teens makes them the perfect targets for such a campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/campaign-aimed-at-teens-distracted-driving\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Campaign Aimed at Teens\u2019 Distracted Driving\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents | November 29, 2011 A new public service announcement (PSA) will begin airing this week at Regal Cinemas and various gas station pumps across the nation. The PSA is part of a campaign by the U.S. Department of Transportation to educate teen drivers about the danger of distracted driving. 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