Every year American high school students spend the majority of their time in their cars. With many Orono students that are finally getting their license as they reach 16. Most of the students ask for decked out range rovers and jeeps but all they're getting is BMW's and Mercedes. Sadly this is the true cruel reality for most teens in Orono. Even though Orono has been lucky for the past years with no accidents, does not mean that something can not happen.
With the subwoofers, blastings, and the aux cord connected, it makes it easier for teens to get distracted. Texting, calling, even snap chatting leads to being as reckless as they can be because why not? They’re only driving $40,000 cars that are easy to replace if they crash. In 2014, alone 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted driving and people still choose to break the law by texting and driving as a priority over their lives and others. Because as teens we know how important it is to win that …show more content…
We have seen the wrecks and outcomes that come with distracted driving, but nothing seems more important than that snap or text as you're driving down the road. But I ask a question? Will that text message matter in five years?... Or a broken spine or a death in your name.
Getting that snap story of you driving and lip syncing to that new song is all that matters in the moment, but not the outcome of the possible future when you hit an old grandma with your turbocharged BMW. Even though there are consequences to distracted driving people ignore the law and drive while being distracted. There are laws and rules for distracted driving, and there are consequences, for example, losing driving privileges and spending time behind bars for something so little and dumb that you could have done at a better time especially when your life and others are in your
With the subwoofers, blastings, and the aux cord connected, it makes it easier for teens to get distracted. Texting, calling, even snap chatting leads to being as reckless as they can be because why not? They’re only driving $40,000 cars that are easy to replace if they crash. In 2014, alone 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted driving and people still choose to break the law by texting and driving as a priority over their lives and others. Because as teens we know how important it is to win that …show more content…
We have seen the wrecks and outcomes that come with distracted driving, but nothing seems more important than that snap or text as you're driving down the road. But I ask a question? Will that text message matter in five years?... Or a broken spine or a death in your name.
Getting that snap story of you driving and lip syncing to that new song is all that matters in the moment, but not the outcome of the possible future when you hit an old grandma with your turbocharged BMW. Even though there are consequences to distracted driving people ignore the law and drive while being distracted. There are laws and rules for distracted driving, and there are consequences, for example, losing driving privileges and spending time behind bars for something so little and dumb that you could have done at a better time especially when your life and others are in your