Faces of Distracted Driving - John sligting, 56

[Music] On June 13, 2007, I lost my father, John Sligting. He loved parties, and he loved having his friends around. He was a firefighter, he served in the Army. He was a friend. He was a great, great man. He was an avid, avid motorcyclist. The night he was killed, he was in a helmet and his safety chaps. He had been riding as long as I could remember. My dad was coming home from work. And the girl rolled through a stop sign while she was talking to her mother on the phone. My dad hit the side of her car and flew over and landed on the asphalt. I don't know how she didn't see him. But we found out later she was on her cell phone and she was distracted.   My sisters each have children - I have a son - who will never know their grandfather, and he was such an incredible person. My youngest sister was pregnant with twins. He never got to see them. My fondest memory of my father is being a little girl and him taking me out to Lake Michigan to go fishing. My dad won't be able to teach my son that. A father is a legacy, and he carries things on through his children and through his grandchildren. I honor my dad's memory every day by sharing his story. Driving is a cognitive action and talking on your cell phone is a cognitive action. Our brains are not wired to toggle between two cognitive things. I encourage anybody who watches these videos to pause for a moment before they pick up that phone to make that call.   [Music] Distracted driving kills, Safe driving starts with you.