Kelly Cline and Senator Timothy M. Kennedy, D-58th District, officially launched a new advocacy and awareness group called Families Against Texting While Driving Thursday at the West Seneca West Senior High School.
Families Against Texting While Driving is coming together as one strong voice to send a message to Albany: New Yorkers believe in safety first.
The group’s first task will be advocating for the strengthening of state laws against texting while driving. Families Against Texting While Driving aims to arm law enforcement with the tools they need to crackdown on the dangerous and deadly habit. Local families, students and law enforcement officials joined Kennedy and Cline at a morning press conference to voice support for the fight to end texting while driving in New York State.
You can also connect with us on Facebook. Visit the Families Against Texting While Driving page [5] to share your thoughts and join the conversation.
Families Against Texting While Driving Action Items
- A call to action – gather supporters for the cause.
- Encourage supporters to sign on to a letter that will be sent to each and every state legislator, urging them to become co-sponsors of anti-texting legislation (S998B | A6174).*
- Participate in an afternoon phone bank to follow up on the letter to legislators and ask if they will stand with Families Against Texting While Driving in the fight to stop this dangerous and deadly habit.
*By signing up on this page to join Families Against Texting While Driving, your name will be added to the letter that we send to state legislators.
