Campaign reveals chilling final messages sent by drivers killed using phone while driving

Campaigners aim to stop motorists using phones while driving by showing the messages of drivers that were killed

Campaign reveals chilling final messages sent by drivers killed using phone while driving
Campaign to stop motorists using their phone while driving reveals the final messages of drivers that were killed on the road as a result of doing so.

Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative “Road Respect” campaign reveals the final messages of motorists that were killed on the road while using their phone.

Messages have been blown up and mounted to giant mobile phones, which are currently touring the north-east of England.

The Last Text Tour phones are accompanied by a description of what happened on the day of the crash.

One of the messages reads “sounds good my man, sea soon ill tw”.

Another reads “The happy song makes me HAPPY” while another says “Thanks mate I owe you a drink or two.”

One of the messages even acknowledges the dangers of texting while driving.

It reads: “I can’t discuss the matter right now.

“Driving and face booking is not safe! Haha.”

These drivers were using their phone to tweet, text, use Facebook or other social media to post or contact someone while driving.

Drivers caught using their phone while driving could face a £200 fine and land six penalty points.

A spokesman for Road Respect said: “The visual nature of the texts aims to draw people’s attention in, with the sobering message behind the phones really resonating with drivers and passengers alike, with the outcome being the encouraging of behavioural change behind the wheel.

“This is in the hope that drivers will see and recognise the risks associated with driving and using a mobile phone, before it’s too late.”

The number of drivers killed or injured as a result of someone using their phone while driving has risen significantly over the past few years according to the Department for Transport.

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