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"AT&amp;T has bypassed the phone and taken to social media in its effort to help stop distracted driving. The company proclaimed today \u201CNo Text on Board Pledge Day\u201D as part of its \"It Can Wait\" campaign. The campaign encourages drivers across the nation to pledge to never text and drive. \nAT&amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson, in commemorating \"No Text on Board Pledge Day,\" urged Americans to make a lifelong commitment to never text and drive.\n\n\u201CA text can wait. This message can\u2019t,\u201D said Stephenson. \u201CIn the United States, someone is killed or injured once every five minutes on average in a crash that happens while a driver is texting and driving.\"\nThe figures, from the National Safety Council, are staggering. And so is the online simulation experience AT&amp;T created to show people just how distracting texting or just looking at your phone can really be. (Note: You need to download a 3D plugin to load it.)\nOnce you've signed the pledge, you can share it on Facebook and Twitter and encourage your friends and followers to do the same. \nYou can also download the AT&amp;T Drivemode app available for Blackberry and Android, which will tell your friends and family when you're driving and can't answer. It will send an automatic reply to let them know you will respond once you get to your destination.\nMore than 500,000 people have taken the pledge to not text and drive. Watch the video to learn more about it, and see which celebs have taken the pledge.\nYou can also watch AT&amp;T\u2019s short documentary on the dangers on texting while driving here. \nWill you take the pledge to never text and drive? Let us know in the comments.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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