July 22, 2010

ANNOUNCER:

LAST WEEK THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL KICKED OFF A PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS to put down their phones to help prevent accidents caused by the dangerous distraction of texting while driving.   JOINED BY MISSOURI’S LARGEST FREIGHT CARRIER, CON-WAY FREIGHT AND ROUSH FENWAY RACING, ONE OF NASCAR’S TOP RACING TEAMS, M-S-H-P UNVEILED A NEW “NO-TEXTING” LOGO ON A WINDOW-CLING DECAL. THE LOGO WAS DISPLAYED ON THE HOOD OF THE NUMBER 16 CON-WAY FREIGHT FORD FUSION, PILOTED BY COLIN BRAUN ON JULY 17 AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.  MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL’S COLONEL RON REPLOGLE.

COL. RON REPLOGLE:

“This has been a very good public partnership with Con-Way Freight and the racing team and with Colin himself.  So, we’re very excited about this campaign and getting the message out.”

ANNOUNCER:

ACCORDING TO M-S-H-P STATISTICS, THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN 791 TRAFFIC CRASHES THIS YEAR RELATED TO CELL PHONE USE, EIGHT RESULTING IN FATALITIES.  DRIVER COLIN BRAUN.

COLIN BRAUN:

“While texting and driving just can’t be done safely and I was honored to call attention to the cause at Gateway.”