W82TEXT -- REMINDING DRIVERS NOT TO TEXT

W82TEXT High School Challenge launches at Henrico High School

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Simulator shows Chesterfield teens danger of texting and driving	Graphic PSA Shows Dangers of Texting While Driving
New app forces drivers to W82TEXT	Police: Driver Was Texting Prior to Fatal Accident
Game shows dangers of texting and driving	Beyond Texting: Drivers Admit to Surfing Web Behind Wheel
Interactive game gauges texting distractions	Texting Teen Falls into Open Manhole
Theater uses angry message as anti-texting PSA

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SCHOOL NAME		NUMBER OF PLEDGES
HENRICO
Deep Run		19
Freeman		13
Godwin		12
Henrico		98
Hermitage		18
Highland Springs		18
Tucker		9
Varina		20
RICHMOND
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School		93
Richmond Community		10
Open High		2
Thomas Jefferson		15
Huguenot		14
CHESTERFIELD
Chesterfield Community High		4
Clover Hill		11
Cosby		13
James River		9
LC Bird		9
Manchester		14
Matoaca		14
Meadowbrook		12
Midlothian		7
Monacan		7
Technical Center		1
Thomas Dale		15
DINWIDDIE
Dinwiddie High School		5
HANOVER
Atlee		21
Hanover		13
Patrick Henry		43
Lee-Davis		79
POWHATAN
Powhatan High School		4
PRINCE GEORGE
Prince George High School		3
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Benedictine		17
Collegiate		19
St. Catherine's		14
St. Christopher's		13
Trinity		7

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25,597 crashes, 122 fatalities and 14,722 injuries were attributed to driver distractions in Virginia in 2010.

26,870 crashes were attributed to some kind of driver distraction -- or 23 percent of total crashes for 2009.

29,545 crashes were attributed to driver distraction in 2008 -- and 28,969 took place in 2007.

--Information from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles