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Teens Prefer Texting to Driving

Joy Larson — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 02:35:52 +0000

Can it be true? Teens would rather have a phone than a car?

Tallest DJ Fails Texting and Driving Simulator, Big Time [VIDEO]

Zoo FM — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:37:54 +0000

In an ongoing effort to educate Missoula about the dangers of texting and driving, our very own Tallest DJ in America, Aaron Traylor tested his skill at the St. Patrick's Hospital Safety Fair's "Virtual Texting and Driving Simulator."

Needless to say, things didn't go as smoothly as he had hoped for.

Darby No Longer Distracted, Zoo FM's TXTING KILLS Campaign

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:23:55 +0000

Darby High School students have a new fashion accessory today. ZooFM’s Tallest DJ In America and special guest speaker Charmell Petroff Owens, the program director for the Ravalli County Drug Free Communities Program presented the “TXTING KILLS MONTANA” campaign at an assembly of the Darby students Friday, Jan. 27. Following the presentation, which shows how [...]

Riverside Health Care Center Signs The "Texting Kills" Pledge

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:13:51 +0000

107.5 Zoo FM is raising awareness and helping save lives by issuing nearly 8,000 "TXTING KILLS" thumb bands to area residents, because we all live and raise our families here..and we are all affected. It's a simple message on a small silicone band with a purpose of sending a clear message: "Texting While Driving Can Cost You Your Life"

Special Thanks to the Riverside Health Care Center for recently allowing us to offer their employees to be a part of our 20 minute presentation. We are so happy to report that the nearly the entire staff has signed the pledge and are proudly sporting the TXTNG Kills Thumb band.

Missoula UPS Drivers Take Pledge

brooke — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:56:15 +0000

More than 40 local UPS drivers pledged to abstain from texting while behind the wheel in support of our TXTING KILLS MONTANA-Arrive Alive Don't Text and Drive campaign.

TXTING KILLS MOTNANA to Visit Loyola Sacred Heart

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:09:31 +0000

Thanks to Loyola Sacred Heart who has invited us to come to their school on November 10th to talk with them about distracted driving. Shannon Tripp from Loyola reached out to us and has been wonderful in helping us arrange a time and day to talk with the Loyola student body. Our on air staff [...]

TXTING KILLS MONTANA Visits Arlee HS

adamslaght — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:02:13 +0000

Another one of our life-saving events took place out at Arlee High School where nearly the entire school attended our TXTING KILLS MONTANA presentation.

Texting has been proven to endanger drivers up to eight times more than alcohol. We would like to come to your school or business to present our ½ hour program that we hope will deeply and significantly change lives and better our community.

Following our brief presentation today we were so pleased to see that every student signed the "No Texting While Driving" pledge and sported one of those trendy TXTING KILLS thumb bands proudly as a reminder each time they reached for the phone when behind the wheel!

High School Students, Listen Up! We Have a Life Saving Message For You. [VIDEO]

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:29:12 +0000

Dear Missoula area students, faculty members, and principals,

107.5 Zoo FM so very much wants to be a part of your next pep rally or all school function.

We are on a mission to let everyone in Missoula know about a deadly epidemic that is sweeping our state. It's texting and driving. Not a month goes by where we don't hear about a car crash in the state that could have easily been avoided if the phone was left in their purse or passenger seat. We want to raise awareness and help save lives by issuing nearly 8,000 “TXTING KILLS” thumb bands to area residents, because we all live and raise our families here..and we are all affected. It’s a simple message on a small silicone band with a purpose of sending a clear message: “Texting While Driving Can Cost You Your Life”

Our presentation won't take long. In fact, it can easily be made part of an existing rally that you already have scheduled. We will make it fun and interactive and we certainly won't bore you with statistics and drawn out speeches. In fact, here's the video that we intend to show at the event. Mind you, the images are very shocking and might scare anyone straight. However, it does send the clearest message possible and it needs to seen:

I Signed The "TXTING KILLS" Pledge [VIDEO]

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:27:30 +0000

Last week I signed the Zoo FM's "TXTNG KILLS" Pledge. I'll be the first one to admit that I'm one of the biggest offenders of this deadly action. Over the past 7 days I've tried very hard to ignore the constant buzzing in the car seat next to me, and yet I have to keep reminding myself of the dangers. My boss at the station brought up an interesting fact: if you are driving down the freeway and look down to check your messages for only a second you travel the length of a football field! I can only imagine what can go wrong in that long of a distance.

One other eye opening realization came from when I was presented with this shocking video of the disasters that can come from texting while driving. Mind you, this video is more shocking than most Hollywood horror movies. The images are graphic and the scenarios are all too real. If anything will scare you straight it's this short movie.

Still Texting and Driving In Missoula? Here's Some Safe Alternatives.

Aaron "Tallest DJ" Traylor — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:03:11 +0000

Even though the Missoula "no texting while driving" law has been in effect since July of 2009, frankly it's making our roads even more dangerous than ever before. Problem is, when that phone starts buzzing in the passenger seat, the temptation is just to great. We HAVE to see who is texting. Even if we are in bumper to bumper traffic on Reserve street we are replying to that person on your lap, hiding the phone from any on-lookers. This here seems to be the cause for more accidents than ever before in our city.

According to KGVO News Talk Senator Anders Blewett says texting while driving is more dangerous than driving under the influence. Scary, huh? As a result, the Montana Senate has voted down a bill making it a crime to text while driving.

It took me a few stupid close calls for me to realize that answering a text in traffic isn't nearly as important as coming home in one piece to my family.This is why I recently signed the Zoo FM "TXTNG KILLS" campaign and am proudly wearing the reminding thumb band that I received after signing this life saving promise. In the coming weeks I'll be showing our listeners how to sign the pledge as well. Stay tuned.

That's is also one of the reasons why I researched a few options of being able to multi-task on the road while still keeping your eyes on it. Here's what I found: