Thumbs down on Texting and Driving “Hey!” was his last text message ever. You think that a message like “Hey!” would be quick to send, but however so are accidents. Despite how fast you can send a simple message does not stop the amount of time it takes to put your life in danger. Parents nowadays want their children to contact them whenever and wherever their child is arriving to. Even though texting is of course one of the most deadly causes in human society than any other, we tend to text when something important has come up. In 2011, an estimated 421,000 people were injured in car crashes involving a distracted driver that was texting, this was a nine percent increase from the estimated 387,000 people injured in 2011(Stats and Facts).
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My cousin. As I grew up, I never believed in dying at a young age. But I guess I was wrong. Out of all things, I would have never thought texting while driving would be the cause of his death. The crazy thing was whenever I was with him, he would never text while driving, and he would always say “This is the devil, but just in a small, rectangular form”. Josh died at the age of 19 years old. The cause of his death was texting while driving. A tragic but very influential death. Taught me not to text while driving and also influenced me to spread this as a message and warn people that texting and driving is not cool, it does not make you look cool. But some things that people listen to, just goes though one ear and out the other until it happens to them. Then they ask why this happened to them, but little did they know that information that they were blocking out was the …show more content…
75% of that 98% still text everyday not caring how dangerous it is (Worland 1). The reason why people text and drive is due to dopamine in the brain. The buzz from an incoming message cause the brain to release dopamine, which then creates excitement and then leads to opening the message and replying. Dopamine can be released in larger amounts if the text message is from someone attractive or appealing (Worland 3). According to The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), fatalities from distracted driving increased 28% after 2005, rising from 4572 fatalities to 5870 in 2008 (Wilson 3). Distracted driving is a safety hazard on a rise but also so is walking while
My cousin. As I grew up, I never believed in dying at a young age. But I guess I was wrong. Out of all things, I would have never thought texting while driving would be the cause of his death. The crazy thing was whenever I was with him, he would never text while driving, and he would always say “This is the devil, but just in a small, rectangular form”. Josh died at the age of 19 years old. The cause of his death was texting while driving. A tragic but very influential death. Taught me not to text while driving and also influenced me to spread this as a message and warn people that texting and driving is not cool, it does not make you look cool. But some things that people listen to, just goes though one ear and out the other until it happens to them. Then they ask why this happened to them, but little did they know that information that they were blocking out was the …show more content…
75% of that 98% still text everyday not caring how dangerous it is (Worland 1). The reason why people text and drive is due to dopamine in the brain. The buzz from an incoming message cause the brain to release dopamine, which then creates excitement and then leads to opening the message and replying. Dopamine can be released in larger amounts if the text message is from someone attractive or appealing (Worland 3). According to The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), fatalities from distracted driving increased 28% after 2005, rising from 4572 fatalities to 5870 in 2008 (Wilson 3). Distracted driving is a safety hazard on a rise but also so is walking while