A recent study by the National Safety Council indicates that cell phone usage, including text messaging, accounts for nearly thirty percent of traffic accidents. Of the 1..4 million annually, approximately twenty percent was attributed to texting. This scope of the problem continues to grow, although advocates have created an organization similar to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to advance an important public safety agenda.

For homeowners, the quality of roads is drectly related to the quality of life.  Whether it is the highways or a local street, those roads need to be safe for a home to be desirable.  Distracted drivers pose a danger to themselves and everyone around them.

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