As teenagers we seem to think we are invincible, which causes us to underestimate how short life actually is. We never think anything detrimental will happen to us, how naive we are. A childhood friend, Gabriella Sette Heiderick, died February 21 at 3:00 a.m. while driving back home. What she didn’t realize was that texting and driving will cut your life short.
The truth of the matter is that we have all picked up our phone while driving and read a text message or checked a notification. Something that seems so "innocent" took the life of a sixteen year old girl. She was texting her friend and taking Snapchats when she lost control of her car and crashed on to a tree on Glades Road causing her to die instantly.
Each day in the United States, around nine lives are lost from some sort of distracted driving. Imagine if in the middle of the night while you are asleep, you receive a phone call from the police informing you that your …show more content…
It seems like every parent around here is talking to their kids about the dangers of using a cellphone while driving. Even her parents are trying to raise awareness on the dangers of texting and driving in order to try and prevent a case like their daughter's death to happen to anyone. The main message that her family is trying to portray is that it can wait. Driving is a big responsibility and usually a teenager's first taste of independence. A car is a deadly weapon which is why you need to be responsible and cautious while driving. Is checking a notification or texting someone while you're driving really worth your life? I'm sure if she had a second chance she would never use her phone while driving again. So make the smart decision and learn from the mistakes others have made. Because if you don’t, life will teach you the hard way and the decisions you make on the road may cost you your life or the life of
The truth of the matter is that we have all picked up our phone while driving and read a text message or checked a notification. Something that seems so "innocent" took the life of a sixteen year old girl. She was texting her friend and taking Snapchats when she lost control of her car and crashed on to a tree on Glades Road causing her to die instantly.
Each day in the United States, around nine lives are lost from some sort of distracted driving. Imagine if in the middle of the night while you are asleep, you receive a phone call from the police informing you that your …show more content…
It seems like every parent around here is talking to their kids about the dangers of using a cellphone while driving. Even her parents are trying to raise awareness on the dangers of texting and driving in order to try and prevent a case like their daughter's death to happen to anyone. The main message that her family is trying to portray is that it can wait. Driving is a big responsibility and usually a teenager's first taste of independence. A car is a deadly weapon which is why you need to be responsible and cautious while driving. Is checking a notification or texting someone while you're driving really worth your life? I'm sure if she had a second chance she would never use her phone while driving again. So make the smart decision and learn from the mistakes others have made. Because if you don’t, life will teach you the hard way and the decisions you make on the road may cost you your life or the life of