Special thanks to the City of Tulsa for hosting training sessions for their employees on the dangers of distracted driving and advocating safe driving strategies.

Presenters: Officer Craig Murray, TPD; Zoe Finer, GentXt Teen Leader; Gina Harris, Victim’s Advocate; and Eddy Tijerina, COT Senior Safety and Health Coordinator.

May is busy with tests, prom, graduation and parties. Stay focused when you drive and arrive alive. Support Global Youth Traffic Safety Month in May by driving without distractions. Set an example and spread the word!

For more safety ideas to Tweet and Facebook: http://www.noys.org/global_youth_traffic_safety_month.aspx

Watch AT&T Documentary “The Last Text”: http://youtu.be/RHmt7Fh4kF8

More Info: http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distracted_Driving/Pages/The-Great-Multitasking-Lie.aspx#.UVnSgVkFUZc.facebookhttp://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distracte

Shoppers stop to support a texting ban for all drivers in Oklahoma

Thanks to the 20+ teens who collected over 700 signatures from voters in Oklahoma supporting an all-driver texting ban.

For photos of us playing distraction games and giving out prizes on Saturday, February 2nd from noon to 6 p.m. at Tulsa’s Woodland Hills Mall, see our actvities/special events tab.

We helped adults and teens alike learn more about distracted driving dangers, especially texting while driving.  Safe-driving strategy pocket cards, warning wrist bands and posters were given away.

Thanks also to Woodland Hills for your support of safer roads in Oklahoma for all drivers and passengers.

By Cole Inhofe, member GentXt since 2011

•  all photos of our event can be found on media/photos/it’s not OK to text and drive

Click to see the video Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks.

Generation tXt and other founding members of Drive Aware Oklahoma kick off a week- long state-wide campaign to deter distracted driving.  The message from legislators, law enforcement and AAA is clear.  Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of injury, property damage and death from crash.  Cell phone use, including texting while driving is the number one distraction of drivers of all ages.  Look for the STOP THE TEXTS, STOP THE WRECKS TV, Radio, Billboard and Print ads throughout the state this week.

Scroll down to send the message to our lawmakers,

“It’s Not OK to Text and Drive.”

Thanks to our Drive Aware Oklahoma speakers:

 AAA’s Danial Karns, Trooper Randolph, Anders Broussard, Officer Murray, Jeremiah Gentle, Fatima Kahbi and Cole Inhofe

Links to media stories about Drive Aware Oklahoma Week:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20121023_11_A5_Althou58855

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Growing-push-for-state-ban-on-texting-while/FF7y60HGf0WUcXcQGL1c9Q.cspx

http://www.newson6.com/story/19885234/safety-campaign-targets-texting-while-driving

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/oklahoma-group-pushing-make-texting-while-driving-/nSkjL/

Read more in the Edmond Sun! Our partners in Drive Aware Oklahoma held, simultaneously with ours,  a successful press conference in the Oklahoma City area.

http://www.edmondsun.com/local/x253547626/Crashes-happen-in-blink-of-an-eye

On October 14th, in honor of National Teen Driver Safety Week, Merry Dye was the guest speaker at our monthly Generation tXt meeting.  She shared her vast experience and creative approach to teaching teens about the dangers of texting while driving.  She also gave us valuable tips on how to prepare for an interview with the Press.  Thank you Merry!  We hope to work with you in the future!

Legislators respond to their constituents’ needs and requests.  You may copy our sample letter and paste it into an email or send as a letter to your state senator and representative. Or, you can sign our legislative request. Just click below to make a difference!

• Click here to sign our legislative request.
• Please use your full name.
• Add your zip code in the comments box, so we can direct your signature to your own legislators. 

• Click here for  Sample letter to OK legislators
• Click here to find your state legislators 

For more information, see us in the news:

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Petition-to-ban-texting-while-driving-in-OK/CRBoPb4yL0ywVj2WiDpzhg.cspx

http://www.fox23.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3763706