Community Corner
At&T, Safety Mom, and Trackside Teen Center's Distracted Driving Seminar
The Trackside Teen Center in Wilton will
be hosting a distracted driving seminar on September 19th between 7
– 9 p.m for parents, teenagers, and the communities within Fairfield County to
show the dangers of distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
This event is in
conjunction with AT&T’s It Can Wait Campaign, which strives to educate
people-especially teens- about the dangers of texting and driving.
Alison Jacobson of Wilton is a national
family safety expert who is partnered with AT&T to promote their important
campaign. “Sadly we have seen so
many tragedies in our community due to texting and driving. I am so happy that
AT&T has made such a commitment to drive home the deadly consequences of
distracted driving,”
On Thursday, September 19th, Alison will be hosting an event at Trackside Teen Center in
Wilton debuting a 30-minute documentary, One Second to the Next, which shows the
aftermath of texting and driving. The film, which is premiering in Los Angeles
this week, was directed by Hollywood actor/director Warner Herzog and will be
distributed to 40,000 schools around the country. This, however, will be
the first time it will be shown in Fairfield County.
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There will be a panel discussion
following the screening with Alison; Kiersten Aichinger, - a young woman who
was run over by a texting driver and Officer Steve Ross, the school liaison for
Wilton Police.
Attendees will also be
able to use the It Can Wait simulator, which shows first-hand the risks of
texting and driving. In addition, there will be stations set up for
people to Take the Pledge to never text and drive.
Complimentary pizza and soft drinks will be provided,
and a t-shirt giveaway for the first 50 attendees will be available.
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