Driven to Distraction

" Teenagers now going to -- Just how dangerous texting while driving can be -- checking out your iPod or your cell phone without putting your life at risk. A test track created by Ford Motor Co. is designed to help drivers. See the impact of these distractions and as those distractions that kill far too many American teenagers every single year. I'm Jim Graham would -- for fun driving skills for life program he's it Washington's rfk stadium also within a seventy or Hillary -- Who's -- Guinea pig on this course welcome to both of you. It does look great out there like -- yes I did I think has had -- just drives it home 5000 American teenagers. Are killed on the roads every single year because they've been distracted while driving so so Jimmy -- teenagers out there how different -- that. After they take your course how much more aware of that."

" Well everything we do is about -- awareness we like to tell people that learning to drive successfully as a lifelong learning process but every little bit. Information we can give them helps. Saw what works what we're doing is throwing a lot of distractions at them. When -- leave here -- understand how distracted. That makes them because they get the cones and that's essentially -- people or any cars solve they will learn quite a bit by doing this exercise in this is just one of any exercise we do. As part before driving skills like."

" I want to talk about more about distractions -- moment or Hillary I think this is what what was screen let them as you drive it. Are you different now after taking this course."

" Yes I've learned how much money is being -- used to do was concentrate on the cons the make Charlotte and hitting them. I learned to look out my -- here that I went and hit it Collins and focus on whether and how it's turning left or right. I learned a lot I I don't text -- drive and when she asked me if I've got to drive in the radio at odds with switching gears I don't know what to --"

" Is that right listen don't start now you've got really good habits. And I encourage you put that don't cell phone -- stopper yet get your destination. Hey Jim tell me about the distractions what what do you thrown at people like Hillary."

" 01 of these we asked him to do is -- obviously text dean is by the most dangerous thing we've seen. They also make a phone call. They're asked to adjust various switches and cart such as the radio volume. They -- of map and ask. You know about directions those types of things typical things that would happen inside a car they had passengers so it's really nothing different -- experience every day."

" Okay Hillary your classmates with -- any friends doing this course."

" Yes I do my friend Mikhailov Bom Gartner and branding Carmen and there on Henderson and then -- most of these kids and seniors and today Tex and they -- I don't. Yes they do you know they do now what are they -- you don't -- on that. I'm pretty sure they couldn't stop because that's dangerous -- just gone forty miles per hour and I can't even control the car that I don't like that feeling well I bet."

" Listen you are a great example Hillary go tell your classmates. They can live by -- well okay. Charming young lady get lucky Hillary thank you -- you're doing good work. That's a big topic here in America's -- we talk about all the time trying to raise the awareness level consciousness among like young Americans. This is a whole new technology in some cases in too many cases turned out to be a killer from Washington thanks to both of you for your time today."