B105 TODAYS BEST COUNTRY » Teen Deaths http://kkcb.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:26:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texting Is Killing Teen Drivers At Sobering Rates, State Holds Event Just Before Summer Break In Hopes To Save Lives http://kkcb.com/texting-is-killing-teen-drivers-at-sobering-rate-state-holds-event-just-before-summer-break-in-hopes-to-save-lives/ http://kkcb.com/texting-is-killing-teen-drivers-at-sobering-rate-state-holds-event-just-before-summer-break-in-hopes-to-save-lives/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:37:50 +0000 David Drew http://kkcb.com/?p=7290 While just glancing at a text message, you can travel the length of a football field while driving and do it with your eyes completely off the road.  It is amazing the danger it presents but texting while driving is still a big problem and a killer, especially of our nations youth.

The statistics are startling.

Teenagers are three times more likely than their parents to die in traffic accidents. In Minnesota, 118 teens died in traffic accidents between 2006 and 2008.

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