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Jordan plans to attend the University of North Alabama to prepare for a teaching career.Second Prize, $1,200John WashingtonJohn Washington\u00a0is a senior at Hazel Green High School in Hazel Green. John plans to pursue a business marketing degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Third Prize, $500Sidney GuntherSidney Gunther is a senior at Huntsville High School in Huntsville. Sidney plans to attend the University of Mississippi and major in chemical engineering.Congratulations from Morris, King & Hodge, P.C.\ufeffAttorney Joe A. King Jr. of the firm said he and others who judged the contest were impressed by the writers\u2019 strong advocacy of the need for teens and others to understand the dangers of texting while driving.\u201cAll of us at Morris, King & Hodge, P.C., congratulate Jordan, John, and Sidney. Each scholarship winner has presented a piece that showed their hard work and thoughtfulness,” King said.The statistics show us that texting while driving is one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving, King said. Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and other groups have found teenage drivers more likely than older drivers to engage in texting while driving.Any activity that diverts a driver\u2019s attention from the primary task of operating a motor vehicle is distracted driving and a danger, according to the NHTSA\u2019s Distraction.gov website. \u201cBecause text messaging requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver, it is by far the most alarming distraction,\u201d according to the NHTSA."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.mkhlawyers.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2018 Driver Safety Scholarship Winners Announced","item":"https:\/\/www.mkhlawyers.com\/blog\/2018-driver-safety-scholarship-winners-announced\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]