Article updated: 11/15/2012 5:44 PM

Lt. Gov. Simon urges Harper students to not text while driving

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Harper College students from left, Aydee Gutierrez, Deisy Vasquez and Virginia Pratcher visit ItCanWait.com to pledge not to text while driving.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon meets with Harper College students to discuss the statewide initiative "It Can Wait," which urges students to stop texting while driving.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Harper College President Ken Ender discusses the statewide initiative "It Can Wait," which urges students to stop texting while driving.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon meets with Harper College students to discuss the statewide initiative "It Can Wait," which urges students to stop texting while driving.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon chats with Harper College President Ken Ender, left, and state Rep. Tom Morrison of Palatine before meeting with students to discuss the statewide initiative "It Can Wait," which urges students to stop texting while driving.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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They're seemingly innocuous text messages, but "lol," "yeah" and "where u at" are just a few of phrases that have led distracted drivers to cause fatal car wrecks. Some Harper students are the latest to say the texts aren't worth risking a life. The Palatine campus Thursday hosted Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon, state Rep. Tom Morrison and others to promote AT&T Illinois' "It Can Wait" campaign to urge students to consider the dangers of texting while driving.