(Click on the image for the article by Raoul Dennis)
- Distracted or aggressive driving may not be addictive the way smoking is. But they are both habits supported by cultural cues—-and they can both get you killed.
- The difference is: smoking isn’t the coolest thing to do any more. County leaders are hoping they can put distracted driving, speeding and DUIs in the same “not cool” category.
- The lesson learned: it can be done. Shifts in how we think about parts of our culture can impact behavior patterns within our culture.
- Sparked by the increasing numbers of deaths in unnecessary car accidents, County Councilmember Monique Anderson-Walker has launched a campaign to change motorists’ thinking about driving.