Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition encourages middle and high school youth across the county to identify an issue in their school, neighborhood or community.
Put It Down, our team is participating 2017 Step up program in bringing awareness amongst youth and drivers in Loudoun to about our campaign.
Put It Down, our team is participating 2017 Step up program in bringing awareness amongst youth and drivers in Loudoun to about our campaign.
Contact our team for questions
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Are you really willing to take the risk of picking up your phone, while driving?Picking up your phone while driving is a big risk especially if you have a child in your car. Even a glance could cause dreadful effects.
Smartphones have made it easy to distract everybody through text messages, Facebook, other social media apps, and even game notifications. Take the Pledge
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Why Texting While Driving is bad?
It is bad to text or even glance at your phone while driving. It is dangerous to even look at your phone not just for you but for other people too. When you are driving, even the slightest glance at your phone or your personal device might hurt you, someone else or everyone around you and can possibly kill someone.
You should never do this and you should never put anyone’s life in danger or your own. The only time you are allowed to look at your phone/personal device on the road is when you either pull over or if you are not driving. These are all the reasons why you should never text/look at your phone while driving. |
What We Think of It?
Typing on the phone or taking your eyes off the road to glance or read your phone while driving is dangerous.
"Texting drivers took their eyes off the road for each text an average of 4.6 seconds -- which at 55 mph, means they were driving the length of a football field without looking", said David Hosansky, author of CQ Researcher's Distracted Driving. Reading an average message takes 1-2 seconds.
8/10 auto accidents in Virginia is caused by distracted drivers. In Ashburn there was one accident where a cyclist got killed while on the dominion trail in 2015.
In 2016 there was also one accident where a car had slammed into another. One person was killed 6 were injured. |
Our survey graphs.
News and events
Jan 27th Put it down team will be having a booth at the Rock Ridge high school in Loudoun County on January 27th, 2017 at 7-9 pm. Come take our pledge and enjoy the show Ghost. Feb 16th Come watch the most incredible basketball game of staff vs staff at Rock Ridge while you pledge at our booth. It starts at 6:30 and will be ending around 8:00. Feb 16th Eagle Ridge had a production of The Wizard of Oz. Many people will be signing pledges during the intermission. The singing and acting will be remarkable. Mar 10th Mercer will be having the coolest basketball games ever in the world. Many people will be coming to cheer on their friends and family in this interesting tournament of a lifetime. Mar 28th
Our final presentation for the Step-Up Loudoun Youth Competition is on March 28th at Trailside middle school from 6pm - 9pm. Apr 5th We got a spot in the top 10 for the SULYC!!! Because we advanced we move on to the next round which is being held at The Club at One Loudoun from 6pm - 9pm we're hoping to get 1st!!! |
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Upcoming Events
Dec 2nd
Were putting up our booth at the Winter Wonderland at the Brambleton Town center. We will be taking pledges and distributing car magnets and phone pouches.
Update - At the competition it was a very hard elimination process all the groups were excellent but we are so happy that we came in 2nd place!!!! We want to thank all our sponsors and followers for making this success possible. In the future we plan to continue with our efforts to make our community more safer.
Were putting up our booth at the Winter Wonderland at the Brambleton Town center. We will be taking pledges and distributing car magnets and phone pouches.
Update - At the competition it was a very hard elimination process all the groups were excellent but we are so happy that we came in 2nd place!!!! We want to thank all our sponsors and followers for making this success possible. In the future we plan to continue with our efforts to make our community more safer.
Our Teams Report Card is growing tremendouslyOur organization is rapidly growing and our goal is to have 100 people pledge that they wont use their technology while driving.
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People who have taken the survey
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Our Goal - Safer Roads!
Paras Sarjapur - Our goal is to get 100+ people to pledge and I think we can do it!
Freya Panchamia- It is important to be safe! Even a glance can be dangerous.
Saumya Sharma - Come on out and pledge to make our roads a safer place!
Iyush Hoysal - Our goal is to make sure no one gets injured while driving.
Our Sponsors
Tips to keep your eyes on the road from LCSO
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Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) would like to help you keep that new year resolution. Here are 5 tips to keep your eyes on the road and your head out of your Apps:
1. When you get into the car put your phone out of reach, turning the screen around, or just shutting it off (yes, phones do have “off” buttons). Your text or call CAN wait until you stop in a safe place. It is ok to call or text back later, "Sorry, I was driving." Trust us, they'll understand. 2. Set up your GPS route before leaving, find your EZ-Pass or money for tolls, and make sure to secure your cup of coffee or bottled water in the cup holder. Doing these simple steps will prevent you from searching around and taking your eyes off of the road. 3. If there are two or more persons in the car, designate a texter. Passengers can text safely while the car is in motion. Let your passengers do some of the work. That's what they are there for! 4. Everyone needs a Zen moment; make yours while you're driving. Focus on driving and make this time your quiet time. This will also make it easier to concentrate on merging or finding that next exit. 5. Need even more motivation? Texting is banned for all drivers in Virginia. In fact, it is considered a primary offense, which means law enforcement will pull you over if they suspect you of texting while driving. The fine is $125 for the first offense, and $250 for subsequent offenses. Do you really have something to say that's worth that much money? (Code of Virginia 46.2-1078.1) |
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About Us
Were an organization with one goal to stop the increasingly big issue of distracted driving. Nearly 20 percent of drivers on Interstate 95 in Virginia confess to texting while driving, according to a news report from AAA.Those numbers seem to translate into another upsetting statistic: Eight out of 10 traffic accidents in the Commonwealth are related to distracted driving. We want to help decrease those numbers, and make our community safe!
