Dutch Fork High Students Pledge to W8 2 Txt
Students at Dutch Fork High School signed a pledge to say no to texting while driving.
Subway and the South Carolina Highway Patrol have joined forces to educate students about the dangers of texting while driving through the W8 2 TXT Safe Driver Awareness campaign. Dutch Fork High School was one of several schools in the state to participate in the kickoff for the campaign aimed at young drivers ages 15 to 24. According to the Highway Patrol, 165 out of 820 people killed on South Carolina's roads were young people. Young drivers represent 20 percent of the deaths on the roads. “If you text five seconds, you have traveled the length of a football field and really you haven’t seen anything around you,” S.C. Highway Patrol Maj. Leroy Taylor said. “You can very easily get in an accident or hurt someone else.” “We don’t want …
