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In Florida, there are many attractions that bring people from all over the United States to visit. Making the amount of people in driving on Florida highways a much larger number. With distractions in today’s society including phones, tablets, touchscreen radios etc; makes the rate of collisions at an all time high. But texting and driving has been a leading cause of collisions for years now. Recently Florida has passed a texting and driving law, that named it a second offense, only if you're caught in the act. Saying this, second offense isn’t much, because this means you have to get caught TWICE. Whenever you get caught for the third time, you are fined; for a total of THIRTY DOLLARS. In my opinion, this isn’t a big bill for anyone to pay, especially if its intended for saving peoples lives. Also, this only happens to people who actually get CAUGHT. I believe our state should take more control and cause more to get done about the issue of distracted driving. If this doesn’t change soon, I believe it would be worse before it gets better.
Body: Safety is a major thing when it comes to driving a motor vehicle. There are many factors to any collision that could be caused on our roadways. But the most documented cause is distractions. …show more content…
There are many distractions on everyday roads including billboards, cellphones, and the radio. In recent studies, the percentage of teens that get into collision because a device is 55% percent. 11 teens die everyday because of texting and driving. Oh, AND texting and driving makes you 23 times more likely to crash.. More people will be a statistic if our government doesn’t take this more seriously. That could be a family member of mine, or myself, who could get into a collision and cost my life. And lives are worth more than a text message in my
In Florida, there are many attractions that bring people from all over the United States to visit. Making the amount of people in driving on Florida highways a much larger number. With distractions in today’s society including phones, tablets, touchscreen radios etc; makes the rate of collisions at an all time high. But texting and driving has been a leading cause of collisions for years now. Recently Florida has passed a texting and driving law, that named it a second offense, only if you're caught in the act. Saying this, second offense isn’t much, because this means you have to get caught TWICE. Whenever you get caught for the third time, you are fined; for a total of THIRTY DOLLARS. In my opinion, this isn’t a big bill for anyone to pay, especially if its intended for saving peoples lives. Also, this only happens to people who actually get CAUGHT. I believe our state should take more control and cause more to get done about the issue of distracted driving. If this doesn’t change soon, I believe it would be worse before it gets better.
Body: Safety is a major thing when it comes to driving a motor vehicle. There are many factors to any collision that could be caused on our roadways. But the most documented cause is distractions. …show more content…
There are many distractions on everyday roads including billboards, cellphones, and the radio. In recent studies, the percentage of teens that get into collision because a device is 55% percent. 11 teens die everyday because of texting and driving. Oh, AND texting and driving makes you 23 times more likely to crash.. More people will be a statistic if our government doesn’t take this more seriously. That could be a family member of mine, or myself, who could get into a collision and cost my life. And lives are worth more than a text message in my