[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E141]
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RECOGNIZING DOMINION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THEIR DISTRACTED DRIVING 
                                CAMPAIGN

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 9, 2016

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize three students 
from Dominion High School who recently led a Distracted Driving 
Campaign at Dominion High School in Sterling, Virginia. Kirsten Chun, 
Bryce Griffin, and Joseph Pavich took on this campaign as part of their 
Creative Marketing Project, which focused on Distracted Driving and 
Joshua's Hands. Joshua's Hands is a non-profit organization based in 
the 10th District whose mission focuses on community service and teen 
safe driving, founded in memory of Joshua Guthrie who died in a car 
accident. Their mission is to keep roads safe and to educate teens 
about the consequences of distracted driving. To create a visualization 
to meet this awareness goal, these students removed 15 students from 
classes throughout the day and instructed them to dress in black and 
not interact with their classmates. This exercise served to represent 
the 15 people that are killed each day due to distracted driving. Ms. 
Chun, Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Pavich utilized the school announcement 
system to convey their message, in addition to selling t-shirts which 
said ``Take Action STOP the Distraction.'' Students at Dominion also 
took a distracted driving survey in order to gain a better 
understanding of their peers' views of distracted driving. These 
students partnered with Chantilly Autobody in addition to Joshua's 
Hands for their project.
   Driving while distracted seems to plague many of our drivers today, 
and young people are particularly susceptible to this. I am honored to 
recognize these students today for their mission to educate their peers 
about the grave consequences of texting while driving. It is my sincere 
hope that their project will facilitate more awareness in the future 
about the growing problem of distracted driving so that our community 
will remain safe.

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