When I first saw Oprah's "No Phone Zone Pledge" it made total sense to me. For a while now I've been trying to never use my phone when driving. I try and make the mental decision, "No phone call or txt is so important it can't wait. Just ignore the phone and drive." But then I'll come to a red light. And I'll hear my phone make the new message sound. And I'll think "the car is stopped, no harm is just reading that one message." So I take my phone out of my pocket and read and then traffic starts moving, and there I am replying to the txt while driving!

So I came up with these 3 promises I make to myself before each drive. 1) Leave phone in pocket for entire drive. (That one should be enough, but I need re-enforcement.) 2) Even if phone makes a noise (ring or new txt sound) STILL leave it in pocket. 3) When stopped at red lights or slow traffic STILL leave it in pocket. But it's hard to keep these promises! Enter the iphone app DrivePromise [free itunes link]. It makes me agree to the three promises and logs the date and time of the promise. Might seem silly, but it's harder to break the promise after I take the time to use the app and agree to all 3. And the log keeps me honest. I can show a record of my promises to my family. Drive safe everyone!