Trayvon Martin’s mother released a single in collaboration with Gospel hip-hop artist T-D.O.G.G. “My name is Sybrina Fulton. I’m Trayvon Martin’s mother,” starts the song “Joy Comes in the Morning,” which debuted on South Florida radio station Hot 105 on Tuesday. Fulton, sitting behind a radio microphone, told listeners about her initial reaction to to George Zimmerman being found not guilty in the shooting death of her son. “We couldn’t believe that people didn’t see it our way and think he was guilty. We got a lot of work to do. Listen I can’t be mad or angry about it, I have to move forward,” she said. The song’s lyrics were inspired by the sadness T-D.O.G.G saw in the mother’s face, as Fulton did countless television interviews following her son’s death. Fulton said proceeds from the sale of the CD will go towards making more copies of the song.
The latest statistics are raising new concerns about the habits of young drivers, and now parents can use a mobile phone app to keep their teens safe as the U.S. marks Teen Safe Driving Month.
Distracted driving is dangerous, even more so when it's an inexperienced teenager behind the wheel.
"Eleven teens die a day from texting while driving," said Chris Holbert, CEO of SecuraTrac. "And 45 percent openly admit that they text and drive."
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for American teens, and the risk increases when a teen driver has other unsupervised teens in the car.
The crash risk is particularly high in the first year teenagers can get behind the wheel.
SecuraTrac has developed an app called SecuraFone to help parents keep their teens safe on the road.
"That app just sits quietly on people's smartphones, iPhones or Androids, and when it's in motion, the Android will shut off distracting technologies like texting or email or Google or even Facebook and Twitter,” Holbert said.
The app will unlock those functions within 30 seconds of the car stopping, Holbert said.
Since most teenagers don't go anywhere without their phones, the app has added benefits like tracking teens’ whereabouts.
"Speed alerts and things like that can also be simply set, so if they are going over a speed limit that you've negotiated with them, you'll know," Holbert said.
What if a teen is a passenger in a moving car? The parent can enable the phone's capabilities via text message.
Some of the basic features of SecuraFone are free but the full service is $8.99 a month.
