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Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks

May

2013

With two of my kids close to the driving age, I felt the need to share the information below with the hopes that all you moms out there will share with your kids. May is Global Youth Traffic Safety Month™, a time to raise awareness of distracted driving. In 2011, eleven percent of all drivers 15-19 years old involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crashes. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted. In order to raise awareness of this issue, the Ad Council and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National ...

Remember Super Bowl Fans, Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving

Feb

2012

Did you know getting pulled over for Buzzed Driving could cost you $10,000 in legal fees, court costs, and increased insurance rates? As the excitement and hype of the Super Bowl gets into full swing, one thing that may not be on people’s minds is buzzed driving. However, over 10,000 people were killed in 2010 in alcohol-impaired vehicle crashes. A buzzed driving accident can happen to anyone, anywhere, no matter which team they are rooting for. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Ad Council are continuing their Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving PSA campaign. So during this Super Bowl, ...

Thank Goodness the Elections Are Over

Nov

2010

Finally all the political commercials are gone. For weeks on end we were inundated with all the campaign ads showing the candidates slamming each other right and left rather than speaking to the issues. On the TV, on the radio, in the papers. If they took all the money that was spent on this stuff and put it into our economy, our country would be looking a little better today. So this morning, the kids and I were watching the news and as they were scrolling through all the results I asked the kids, if you had to vote for ...

Minivans…cool?? 2

Apr

2010

I’ve been there and done. Drove the mini van and was not proud of it. SUre my SUV guzzles gas, but I feel safer with my kids and for the amount of time that I spend in it, I like the feeling that I think I’m driving a tank! Anyway, interesting article below. The Minivan Got Cool Again For New Generation of Moms By John Wilson A funny thing happened on the way to the car dealer – the minivan got cool again. Perhaps it’s because people are done with the big gas-guzzling SUV or that they can get the same ...