After a student lost his life from a driver texting in College Station, Marci Corry decided to initiate a change to prevent such a devastating tragedy from ever happening again. She confessed that she was guilty of picking up the phone while driving to check a text or read an email, putting other lives at risk. The more she paid attention, she also noticed people were constantly on their phones in the car, dining at restaurants or even at their kid’s games. Corry said, “You know, someone needs to come up with an app that motivates people to stay off their phones.”

After researching behavior change and observing that her young children responded well with positive reinforcement, Corry decided to encourage people in a positive way to stay off their phones while driving. She founded SAFE 2 SAVE. After launching in Fall 2016 in Bryan and College Station, the app has gained a lot of popularity with over 70,000 users. Businesses on the app are in College Station, Bryan, Belton, Waco, Temple, Harker Heights, Midland, Odessa, Houston, The Woodlands, Magnolia, Cypress, Brenham, Killeen, and will continue to expand across Texas and the nation.