W8 2 Text: Wait to Text
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2013 · News & Politics
A statewide safe driving campaign kicked off Tuesday at Enka High School to raise awareness against texting and driving.Family members of highway fatality victims and highway patrol troopers discussed the distracted driving risks teen drivers face. Distracted driving is a major safety risk on our roads.Tracy O'Carroll, mother of an accident victim, having someone actually come and tell their tragic story and go into detail I think it is real helpful.To save lives the highway patrol and Subway restaurants kicked off the campaign called Wait to Text to urge drivers to focus on the road.Subway will distribute reminder wrist bands while supplies last.High school students can participate in an online wait to text pledge.For more information, click hereClick here to take the News 13 No Text Zone pledge! _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
