You feel the vibration of your phone and you reach for it in the passenger seat. You ran through a red light and hit a car from oncoming traffic. You are terrible injured and will be disabled for the rest of your life and the person you hit is dead. Who is responsible for all this damage? The culprit, your cellphone. Sometimes in life, ¨sorry¨ is like a magic word and can change everything; there are times when ¨sorry¨ just doesn 't cut it. You do apologize to the family of the person you hit, but will that bring back their loved one? People forget the consequences when using their smartphones while driving. By researching background information about distracted driving and discussing current actions being taken to address the problem, this
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A table from ¨Estimated Number of People¨ suggests that the percentage of injuries from distraction-affected accidents have risen from 5 percent to 8 percent for years 2010 to 2013 (2015). The information above shows that distraction is becoming more and more significant each year. Not to mention, the amount of people killed and hurt is tremendous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that ¨In 2012 driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes – with 3,328 people killed – and crashes resulting in an injury – with 421,000 people wounded¨ ("The Dangers of Texting," 2014). Many people are risking their lives and others because they were too distracted to pay attention to the road. Moreover, many young adults are the cause of most distraction-affected crashes. ¨Drivers in their 20s make up 27 percent of the distracted drivers in fatal crashes¨ (¨Facts and Statistics¨, n.d.). Young adults do have the most experience with technology; social media plays a huge part in their lives. This would make them the largest proportion of distracted drivers. Because of that, this has been a significant issue since the introduction of texting. According to "The Dangers of Texting," (2014), The popularity of texting and smart phones has had unintended and harmful consequences. The mobile communications are connected to a remarkable increase in injury and deaths in distracted driving. Driving is becoming more distracting since the development of social media in people 's lives. Social media and technology is coming up with new ideas making it more interesting and it is taking over our lives. With that in mind, this is an important issue that needs to be solved. It is because, ¨distractions take a motorist’s attention off driving, which can make a driver miss critical events, objects, and cues or abandon control of a vehicle, all potentially leading to a crash¨ ("The Risks of Distracted," n.d.). Our
A table from ¨Estimated Number of People¨ suggests that the percentage of injuries from distraction-affected accidents have risen from 5 percent to 8 percent for years 2010 to 2013 (2015). The information above shows that distraction is becoming more and more significant each year. Not to mention, the amount of people killed and hurt is tremendous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that ¨In 2012 driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes – with 3,328 people killed – and crashes resulting in an injury – with 421,000 people wounded¨ ("The Dangers of Texting," 2014). Many people are risking their lives and others because they were too distracted to pay attention to the road. Moreover, many young adults are the cause of most distraction-affected crashes. ¨Drivers in their 20s make up 27 percent of the distracted drivers in fatal crashes¨ (¨Facts and Statistics¨, n.d.). Young adults do have the most experience with technology; social media plays a huge part in their lives. This would make them the largest proportion of distracted drivers. Because of that, this has been a significant issue since the introduction of texting. According to "The Dangers of Texting," (2014), The popularity of texting and smart phones has had unintended and harmful consequences. The mobile communications are connected to a remarkable increase in injury and deaths in distracted driving. Driving is becoming more distracting since the development of social media in people 's lives. Social media and technology is coming up with new ideas making it more interesting and it is taking over our lives. With that in mind, this is an important issue that needs to be solved. It is because, ¨distractions take a motorist’s attention off driving, which can make a driver miss critical events, objects, and cues or abandon control of a vehicle, all potentially leading to a crash¨ ("The Risks of Distracted," n.d.). Our