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Distracted driving is deadly driving

Nearly 400 people lost their lives last year in violent and preventable crashes, because of distracted driving in Texas. That text is not important. That video is not important. But you are that important to your friends and family.

Nearly 400 people lost their lives last year in violent and preventable crashes, because of distracted driving in Texas. That text is not important. That video is not important. But you are that important to your friends and family.

Being bored behind the wheel is better than being dead or hurting others, isn’t it?

In March 2016, a driver checking her cellphone crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler, killing her passengers. Those passengers were Stacey Riddle’s daughters,19-year-old Brianna Robinson and 17-year-old Jade Robinson. The two died while traveling home from a spring break trip to South Padre Island. And in that instant, Riddle’s life was never the same.

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