>> and possibly one of the biggest steps modern man has taken. flashback 41 years. the first real moonwalk. astronaut neil armstrong doing what no man had ever done before, taking the first step upon the moon surface. that was a tuesday, july 20th, 1969. how is this for some history? a list from 1830. it was handwritten by none other than president abraham lincoln. it's on display now at the library in sacramento. it lists lincoln and one of the military buddies who fought in the black hawk war. that friend is believed to have taken it with him on the ill-fated expedition. they had to resort to can na ba lichl to california. >>> texting and driving. multitasking doesn't get much. four times more likely to crash than someone paying attention on the road. half a million were hurt in crashes where texters are 20 times more likely to crash. does your teenager text and drive? how about your parent? one in fourteens actually admits to doing in. and get this, using a cell phone while you drive, hands on or hands free, impacts your reaction time as if you were driving with a .08 blood alcohol level. and if that story doesn't crash, you jennifer's story might. we're talking with jennifer and ray lahood. syracuse, new york, and hartford, connecticut, are cracking down on distracted drivers. jennifer, i've talked to you before. you have quite a message to tell. as a matter of fact, you gave up your full-time job to get your message out. why? >> it was just really important to me. i have a teenage daughter and i didn't want to get another phone call that this had happened to someone else i love or any other families in the court tree. it's not an easy phone call to take. >> well, talk about not an easy phone call to take, what about when you found out about your mom? tell us how that happened and how did you react when you found out what it was that59 actually killed her? >> well, he was actually talking on the phone. he -- a driver that -- i couldn't believe it. i had always been on the phone with my hands-free,tt=415000,sn=10][co:t device and i didn't understand how my mom could be gone so quickly. so i jumped up and had to do something and saw that thousands of people have lost their lives from this. and it's just senseless and it's preve preventible. we can put the phones down and focus on our driving. >> secretary lahood, how many times have you heard stories like jennifer's on a regular basis and maybe not doing the texting or the driving themselves but others that are causing tragic stories like this? and what can do you about it? >> well, i've called it an epidemic, kyra, because everybody own as cell phone. many people have blackberries and think that they can drive safely and use their cell phone and you simply can't do it because you have both hands on the wheel. it's an epidemic because people have very bad habits. we've heard too many horror stories and many other americans around the country have come forward and told us about the loved ones that they have lost or that have been injured because of the stupidity of people believing that they can talk on their cell phone or use their blackberry while driving. you cannot do it safely. >> laws have to be enforced and there are laws out there in various states that tell you not to do certain things with your devices because of the threat and because of the deaths that happen. but the problem is, people don't pay attention to those laws. i mean, how can you make an impact on those laws and make sure that people know there's going to be a consequence if they do this? >> ten years ago people were not using their seat belts because a click it or ticket and tickets written over the last ten years, 80% of people buckle up now. in the first week the combined tickets in both of those cities was 4,000 tickets. that's what it will take. we want law enforcement to enforce the laws that have been passed now, kyra, in 30 states. 30 states have passed laws against texting and driving and using cell phones and driving. so now we need the police to really step up the enforcement. if that happens, we will change people's very bad habits of thinking that they can talk and drive or text and drive. you cannot do it safely. we will save lots of lives and lots of injuries with the cooperation of our friends and law enforcement by the tickets that they are writing to change people's bad behavior. >> jennifer, is this enough? if not, what more needs to be done? >> you know, it's a great step in the right direction. we need to have stiff penalties so people do realize the consequences and when people see these laws being enforced, they are going to stop. it's as simple as that. it's what history has shown. so, yes, it's a great thing that secretary lahood and the department of transportation is doing. i bet those people bet those people stopped using their cell phones. >> there's got to be consequences.