Victor Kim and Jen frmheadtotoe, stars of “Away We Happened“, share their reason for taking the It Can Wait pledge against texting while driving. No one should ever lose a family member or friend over a text. Are you ready to take the pledge? Don’t text and drive.

The Facts about Texting while Driving

• In the midst of summer — breaks from schools, road trips and vacations. But summer also marks “100 deadliest days” for teen drivers on the road — the days between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
• Those who send text messages while driving are 23 times more likely to be in a crash.
• Of all cell phone related tasks — including talking, dialing, or reaching for the phone — texting while driving is the most dangerous.
• In 2010, texting while driving increased 50 percent in one year, and two out of 10 drivers say they’ve sent text messages or emails while behind the wheel — despite a rush by states to ban the practice.
• When drivers read or send a text message, their reaction time is doubled. When asked to respond to a flashing light while texting behind the wheel, drivers were more than 11 times more likely to miss the light altogether.

Teen Driver Survery Findings

• 97 percent of teens say texting while driving is dangerous — but 43 percent admit to doing so.
• Almost all teens (nine in 10) expect a reply to a text or email within five minutes or less, which puts pressure on them to respond while driving.
• According to 77 percent of teens, adults tell kids not text or email while driving — yet adults do it themselves “all the time.”

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Harry Shum Jr. in Thumb Wars PSA.

Pledge Against Texting and Driving PSA with Victor Kim x Jen frmheadtotoe

Harry Shum Jr. from Glee talks about the dangers of texting while driving. If you text while driving at 55MPH your eyes can go off the road for the length of a football field! You can use your thumbs to save your friends from the dangers of texting and driving. Sign up above to enter for a chance to get two pairs of socks that you can put on your thumbs to raise awareness about the dangers of texting and driving. Pick a friend who texts and drives and share the socks with them in a surprising way. Harry Shum Jr. demonstrates an interesting way.

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Harry Shum Jr. in Thumb Wars PSA

Harry Shum Jr.’s Thumb War

Sisters Lisa & Laura Ling collaborate on the #savemyfriend PSA. In February 2012, 30 North Korean refugees were arrested in China and the government plans to forcibly send them back to North Korea where they will face harsh punishment or death. This case is important because it is the first arrest of North Korean refugees in China after Kim Jung-il’s death. Kim Jung-un, the son of Kim Jung-il and North Koreas’s current leader, declared that refugees who flee North Korea during the 100-day mourning period of his father’s death would be annihilated along with their families.

 Thirty have been caught, but many more lives are at risk — North Koreans that are caught trying to defect are faced with the cruelest death sentence, often preceded by a long process of torture or excruciating labor. This is because the North Korean government perceives defectors as the number one threat to their authority.

If the international community, especially China, doesn’t take a strong stance on saving North Korean refugees once and for all, they are guilty of supporting the death of thousands of innocent lives. China has the power and opportunity to rewrite history and stop one of the greatest atrocities of our time — on behalf of our friends and family, please help #SaveMyFriend!

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Lisa & Laura Ling #savemyfriend PSA

The North Korean Refugee Crisis #savemyfriend