Thumb Wars

Totally. Here’s the stat that kills us: on average, texting while driving at 55mph takes your eyes off the road for the length of a football field!

Join Thumb Wars. Enter your email and phone number in the sign up box above. You can then sign up to receive thumb socks. Once you get them, share them with your friends and family to let them know how dangerous texting and driving can be.

First step: pick a friend or family member who you know texts while driving.After that, you can tape the socks to their steering wheel, ask them to wear them while driving for a day, or hide them in the glove compartment. Be creative! Have fun with it! And if you take a picture of what you do and send it to us, you’ll be entered to win a scholarship.

Not necessarily. When you sign up above you’ll be directed to a page where you have to tell us who you will share the socks with and what you will do with them. If you don’t fill those fields out with something (and not just “i don’t know”) you won’t get them.

Isn’t it great? And that’s totally the point. We’ve learned that scare tactics push people away from learning about an issue. Thumb Wars is a way to make it fun for those you care about to learn how to be a bit safer. Go crazy! Have fun!

We start shipping the socks when the campaign begins, on May 14th. It can take up to 12 business days from when you sign up to get them in the mail. Remember, not everybody gets socks - you have to tell us who you’ll share them with and what you’ll do with them when you sign up.

You can still take part and qualify for the scholarship by making your own thumb socks, taking a pic, and sending them to us. You can also share the stat above with 6 friends to be eligible for the scholarship

We have more answers! Email Sarah at thumbwars@dosomething.org with any other questions you have.