Two-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Justin Bieber and PhoneGuard, Inc. have announced the July 19 launch of their Text Responsibly campaign through the use of PhoneGuard’s free Drive Safe™ phone application, which disables the texting, emailing and keyboard functions of a mobile phone while in a vehicle moving faster than 10 miles per hour. As an advocate of responsible texting, Justin and PhoneGuard (www.PhoneGuard.com) have joined forces with the Remember Alex Brown Foundation to create a dialogue with teens and their parents to raise awareness of the issue. The Remember Alex Brown Foundation was established by the family of Alex Brown, a high school senior who tragically lost her life in 2009 while texting and driving.
“This is a cause that’s really important to me, and I know affects a lot of my fans,” Justin Bieber said. “That’s why I decided to work with PhoneGuard, because we share the same vision and goal. It’s simple: text responsibly.”
According to the Department of Transportation, those who text message while driving are 23 percent more likely to get into an accident, and more than 1,000 deaths result from texting and driving each year. Additionally, distracted driving causes more than 600,000 accidents and 448,000 injuries a year, making responsible texting imperative for drivers today.
“We are thrilled to partner with Justin Bieber as we launch the Drive Safe™ responsible texting application,” said PhoneGuard CEO Scott Frohman. “Knowing Justin’s dedication to responsible texting, it was only natural for PhoneGuard to join him in spreading the message to every driver on the road.”
PhoneGuard and Justin Bieber developed Drive Safe™ as a simpler and free version of a larger application suite, which will be available in September at $29.99 a year through this initial free application. Their hope is to make Drive Safe™ accessible to as many drivers as possible.
For more information regarding PhoneGuard’s Drive Safe™ responsible texting application, as well as Justin Bieber’s joint campaign, visit www.PhoneGuard.com, www.facebook.com/PhoneGuard or on Twitter at @Phone_Guard.
About PhoneGuard, Inc.
PhoneGuard, Inc., a subsidiary of Options Media Group Holdings, Inc., is a leading provider of mobile applications software. The Company’s flagship product, the Drive Safe™ anti-texting while driving software application suite, is a next-generation software suite with the most robust set of features and functions available today. The software product, which is easily downloadable to mobile phones, allows for global positioning satellite tracking of the mobile device in order to calculate the rate of speed of travel. Above certain predetermined speeds, the Drive Safe Software will lock the keyboard and prevent the user from emailing, surfing the web or texting. While Drive Safe Software is designed to prevent texting while driving, it also offers parents and employers the ability to monitor the driving habits of mobile phone users in order to prevent speeding. More information on PhoneGuard is at www.PhoneGuard.com.
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