Public Service Announcement! I take No Phone Zone very seriously and you should too!
Basically, I give personal tips for running a No Phone Zone life. When I visit Arkansas and use a car, I take it very seriously. I want all my friends and loved ones and contacts to know this.
I hope texting and driving gains a negative social stigma and people stop this dangerous, scary, senseless behavior.
My tips: Be loud and proud about your stance on the matter. I'm not ignoring you, I just don't answer my phone while I'm operating a vehicle. It's not snobbery, it's safety.
Tell your date/friend what time you will meet up. Set and keep dates so you are not reliant on your cellular phone/text. If you run late, pull over the car and park it before you pick up your phone to alert anyone that you are running late.
There's nothing so important that you should update facebook while driving. Only Beyonce is that cool, and she has a driver.
If you're in a text convo and you need to drive, text your friend: BRB Gotta Drive and they should know that they can expect to hear from you later.
Basically, I give personal tips for running a No Phone Zone life. When I visit Arkansas and use a car, I take it very seriously. I want all my friends and loved ones and contacts to know this.
I hope texting and driving gains a negative social stigma and people stop this dangerous, scary, senseless behavior.
My tips: Be loud and proud about your stance on the matter. I'm not ignoring you, I just don't answer my phone while I'm operating a vehicle. It's not snobbery, it's safety.
Tell your date/friend what time you will meet up. Set and keep dates so you are not reliant on your cellular phone/text. If you run late, pull over the car and park it before you pick up your phone to alert anyone that you are running late.
There's nothing so important that you should update facebook while driving. Only Beyonce is that cool, and she has a driver.
If you're in a text convo and you need to drive, text your friend: BRB Gotta Drive and they should know that they can expect to hear from you later.
I LOVE that you finger shamed the guy! LOVE it! I bet he was thinking about that later.
ReplyDeleteLove the video!!!! You're awesome!
ReplyDeleteI have a question off topic, what do you know about the Gershwin Hotel? (if anything)... I'm traveling to NYC in a month and want to make sure i'm not getting into something scary (oh, and not the hostel rooms, a suite room)!
shame finger, never seen it before.. going to use it now!
ReplyDeleteLove the advice, although I haven't yet watched your PSA. Life is too short to spend all your time multi-tasking. Why text while driving? I don't even talk on the phone while driving. I decided recently that I'm going to work on not being a slave to my devises, especially my smart phone.
ReplyDeleteYou've probably seen this, but in case you haven't: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/odd-22186925/texting-while-driving-test-29152140.html
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! I love your blog Julie, this is so true, you speak very eloquently about this subject. I'm with you all they way!
ReplyDeleteAs a cyclist I find it unnerving and scary to see not only drivers but pedestrians so engrossed in their phones that they don't even check before stepping out onto busy roads. The number of people I've braked hard to avoid smashing into is ridiculous. Mobile phones are a curse, and it's getting worse, not better.
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