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Hall County Schools hosting video contest to discourage distracted driving
Winners can earn $100 prize and have video on district's website
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The Hall County School District’s board of education wants to remind its students and their families to drive safely, and the board has challenged students to educate themselves and others on the subject. Chairman Nath Morris came up with the idea to challenge high school students to create 60-second to 90-second videos detailing the dangers of distracted driving. - photo by PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ERIN O. SMITH
People do it all the time. They slip one hand around the wheel and answer the phone with the other. They drop down the mirror on their visor to check their teeth, or they reach across the car to fish through a bag in the passenger seat.