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A shocking 5,500 people were killed by texting and driving last year, and the largest number of those killed were younger than 20 years old. AT&T is educating texters young and old with their new “It Can Wait” campaign. Their Web site has a wealth of info on texting and driving, including:

• An AT&T’s “It Can Wait” Resource Center, which directs readers to the National Safety Council, CTIE Wireless Association, On the Road, Off the Phone site and National Safety Council Teen Driver site.
• A General Wireless Safety Guide, which includes a Parent’s Guide to Texting, How-To Smart Limits instructions, A general guide to Wireless Safety and Wireless Tips for Seniors.
• A link to the Facebook Pledge you (or your kiddos) can take to promise to put the Blackberry down. More than 21,600 people have taken the pledge already!
• A Texting & Driving IQ Test
• A 10-minute documentary called “The Last Text”, which offers a look into the lives of eight lives touched by texting and driving. 

An (s)ad from AT&T’s campaign

AT&T is responsibly taking other steps to end texting and driving, which include:

• Launching an expansive advertising campaign, spanning print, radio, TV and Web ads, in-store signage, collateral and Web billing initiatives.
• Working to distribute their documentary video to numerous government agencies, safety organizations, tens of thousands of schools around the country and policymakers to put real faces with the problem and spread the message.
• Reminding new phone buyers not to drive and text by covering most phones sold with protective screen covers that bear the words “TXTNG & Driving...It Can Wait”.
• Providing parents with the Smart Controls Page, an all-in-one spot equipped with tools parents can use to help their families stay safe while useing technology.
• Providing an AT&T Friends & Family page for even more info.

So now that you have alllll the info you could ever want, (Drumroll, please....)