by Tom Purcell on April 8, 2024

"It wasn't my fault the car in front of me hit me. I glanced at my text message for only a second when our bumpers collided."

"How could the car in front of you hit you?"

"The idiot stopped to let a deer cross the street -- and dented my front bumper with his rear bumper. Yet the cops wrote me up for texting while driving!"

"It's because of people like you that April has become National Distracted Driving Awareness Month! Safety advocates are urging drivers like you to avoid texting or watching streaming video on their phones, while behind the wheel of their cars!"

"A whole month to make people aware of the risks of distracted driving?"

"That's right. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 3,522 people were killed in traffic crashes involving a distracted driver in 2021, and an........

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