{"id":22923,"date":"2013-06-19T06:24:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T06:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/?p=22923"},"modified":"2015-03-23T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T15:30:32","slug":"thumb-wars-helps-curb-texting-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/blog\/thumb-wars-contest-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thumb Wars&#8217; Helps Curb Texting-While-Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever thought about curing yourself (or a loved one) of the nasty texting-while-driving habit? Does the phone beckon to you throughout your morning commute? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dosomething.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dosomething.org<\/a>, Sprint and Toyota have devised a clever way to help you before you hurt yourself. And what\u2019s more, you could win money at the same time!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehNl4l6gvfU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, dosomething.org\u2019s \u201cThumb Wars\u201d campaign helps distracted drivers to focus on the road. By signing up, they will send you 2 pairs of \u201cThumb Socks,\u201d that you can wear whenever you\u2019re behind the wheel. You\u2019ll even have an extra pair to give to your friend or family member. These cute accessories will remind you to ignore your texts, Instagram notifications, tweets, and emails \u2014no matter how much the phone buzzes!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to be in the running for a $5,000 college scholarship, simply have a friend take a photo of you \u201cwearing\u201d your new thumb socks, and send it in for a chance to win! It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re a new driver or if you\u2019ve been driving for 30 years, texting while driving is dangerous for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Do Something and this campaign check out their website for all the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever thought about curing yourself (or a loved one) of the nasty texting-while-driving habit? Does the phone beckon to you throughout your morning commute? Dosomething.org, Sprint and Toyota have devised a clever way to help you before you hurt yourself. And what\u2019s more, you could win money at the same time! For the second year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":26472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/26472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}