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PHUH Boosters on a Mission to Stop Texting & Driving

This new initiative will be promoted in the community throughout the school year, according to a member of the Palm Harbor University High School Traditional Student Boosters.

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On Thursday, Aug. 8, the Palm Harbor University High School Traditional Student Boosters and Palm Harbor Allstate agent Peggy Phifer started an educational program with the goal of getting parents and their teens to stop texting and driving. 

This new initiative will be promoted in the community throughout the school year, according to DawnMarie Custer-Schnauder, who is with the Palm Harbor University High School Traditional Student Boosters. 

Some incoming Palm Harbor University High students recently took the pledge to "X the TEXT."  

Did you know?  When you text and drive...

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  • It takes your eyes off the road on average of five seconds at a time. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of a football field completely blind.

  • It's like driving after having four beers.

  • It makes us 23 times more likely to crash.

  • It results in car crashes that kill an average of 11 teens each day.

  • It's results in 330,000 distracted driving injuries every year.

    • (Informational statistics courtesy of Allstate's Teen Driver Pledge)

    The Palm Harbor University High School Traditional Student Boosters is also inviting parents and students to join. If you are interested, send an email with the name and grade of the student along with contact information to:

    phuhsuniversityboosters@gmail.com or you can join the PHU Boosters Facebook page  

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