So, I DVR Oprah every day. Some days I watch, some days I don't. Today, I watched. And I'm glad I did.
Today's show had to do with distracted driving. More specifically, texting or talking on your cell phone while driving. We ALL do it. No one ever thinks anything of it. Except for the guests on the show today. Lives cut short, because of someone else's conversation or text. A little girl riding her bike home. Two father's driving to work.
It's hard to say what was most disturbing to watch. The relatives filled with grief. The young man who killed two people and has to carry that for the rest of his life. The footage of a crash involving a semi and a school bus filled with children. All of it avoidable. If people would just pay attention to what they are doing.
One woman said it all. "It's not where your hands are, it's where your head is". Hands free driving isn't always the answer - your attention is still pulled away from the only place it should be focused, the road.
Is that phone call worth someone else's life? Is that text going to truly change your life? It very well could, but not in a way that you could ever imagine. I don't know how I could live myself if I ever hurt someone because I thought that sending a text while I was driving was more important than their lives.
It's as simple as this. DON'T DO IT.
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