Texting And Walking Argumentative Essay

As young children, everyone is told how to cross the street safely, but what happens when phones are brought into the picture? From children to adults, everyone is wrapped up in their phones nowadays, whether it's at home or even crossing the street. Texting while walking might not seem like that much of a problem, but in 2016, more than 6,000 people have died from it, in the U.S. alone. As more and more people are becoming more addicted to their phones, more people are becoming susceptible to losing their lives while texting and crossing the street. After reading numerous articles about texting while walking, I believe texting while walking should be illegal. Our peripheral vision does not see what is going on around us when we are on or …show more content…
As stated in the article, "Would You Ban Texting And Walking?", the author states, "As Taylor points out, laws have the power to change people's behavior. In fact, many of her classmates admitted that unless a law was passed, they probably wouldn't have put their phone away when walking around town." (Source 1, paragraph 11). This demonstrates that most people would listen to laws because they probably don't want to pay a fine or even serve jail time. It would lead to less people using their phones on the streets, of course, less injuries and deaths. The fact that people admit they wouldn't put their phones away without a law, shows that severe measures must be taken to keep people safe and out of harm. According to the article, "Distraction, On Street And Sidewalk, Helps Cause Record Pedestrian Deaths", David Schaper explains that the amount of pedestrians that died in traffic rose 11 percent last year, to nearly 6,000, which is the largest single-year increase in pedestrian injuries and deaths ever, and the highest number in more than 20 years. (Source 3, paragraph 2). This shows that our country needs some sort of law or restriction to stop the continuous deaths from texting while