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New Advocacy Group Launched to Fight Distracted Driving
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Phoning and texting while driving kill an estimated 6,000 people every year. Safety advocates say it is about time a national organization was formed to fight it.
Linda Doyle, 61, of Oklahoma City never saw the crash coming. Neither did the 20-year-old driver who caused it. He was on his cell phone and never noticed the red light.
The accident killed Doyle and turned her daughter, a realtor, into a crusader, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.
"We need to just drive," said Jennifer Smith, Doyle's daughter. "Why do you need to be doing anything else when you're driving a deadly weapon."
On Tuesday, she and other victims' families announced a new advocacy group called FocusDriven modeled after Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
"In the old days drinking and driving was not considered that serious a thing," said Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. "Today it is, with good enforcement, and that's where we want to get with distracted driving."
They've got their work cut out for them. Only 19 states plus the District of Columbia ban texting while driving. Only six states plus D.C. ban the use of a handheld cell phone. And not one state bans the use of hands-free phones by all drivers, even though research shows those devices can be just as distracting.
The accident killed Doyle and turned her daughter, a realtor, into a crusader, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.
"We need to just drive," said Jennifer Smith, Doyle's daughter. "Why do you need to be doing anything else when you're driving a deadly weapon."
On Tuesday, she and other victims' families announced a new advocacy group called FocusDriven modeled after Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
"In the old days drinking and driving was not considered that serious a thing," said Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. "Today it is, with good enforcement, and that's where we want to get with distracted driving."
They've got their work cut out for them. Only 19 states plus the District of Columbia ban texting while driving. Only six states plus D.C. ban the use of a handheld cell phone. And not one state bans the use of hands-free phones by all drivers, even though research shows those devices can be just as distracting.
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