Americans Less Likely to Text While Driving after Viewing Controversial U.K. Public Service Announcement

http://www.mediacurves.com/NationalMediaFocus/J7508-PSA/
Majority of Americans (85%) say the PSA should be aired in the U.S.

I tend to agree, especially lately, tho I was always firmly against this dangerous idiocy.

My daughter and now-ex-husband are on our county's Rescue Squad. A couple of months ago they responded to a call. It was a young man, a boy really, about 20-23, who'd left the road and hit a tree, and died on impact. They knew then that he'd died on impact, because his eyes were open wide, mouth open in a scream - so he saw what was happening but it happened so fast he couldn't stop it. Time to see, not to act. And, still clutched in his hand so tightly they had to pry his fingers loose, was a cell phone, and a partially completed text message.
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The above was copied directly from Media Curve's site, but I can tell you that I really enjoy being a member. The surveys are fun or interesting to take - not boring like many survey sites, and you won't find a page full of tiny circles to spend half a day clicking away at. There are also fun subjects as well as serious ones, such as entertainment, and culture.

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I'll try to come back very soon to edit this info, but i'm in a hurry now. Check out www.bzzagent.com if you like this sort of thing, as I do. BzzAgent has a lot to do, such as creating or following and adding to BzzScapes, where you write about your favorite brands (Johnny Depp, for example, IS a brand, as much as Cover Girl or Frigidaire or Chevy) and provide links to websites, photos, etc to spread the word. They have Bzz Campaigns, where they send you - not samples, but FULL SIZED - products to use and review, as well as either extras or coupons to give to friends, family, or strangers on the street. There's the Frog POnd, where you explore given websites and rate them, etc. Of course, there are rewards such as reward points to be collected and traded in; being chosen for a campaign gets you the free products, and the longer you are a member and more active you are, the more often you get chosen and the bigger and better the products to try out, coupons, free trials and other similar product promotions. Now, you are absolutely not gonna make a lot of money, but you do get to earn a few coins extra while you explore, get free stuff, and get to have your opinion heard and counted.

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- Elbert Hubbard