Persuasive Essay On Texting And Driving

In today’s society, a cell phone owner can be found at almost any given time with a phone in their hands. This may seem harmless but behind the steering wheel of a vehicle, it is deadly. In 2011, twenty-three percent of vehicular accidents involved the use of a cell phone (“Texting and Driving Statistics”). Texting and driving is unsafe and wrong. It violates the driver’s responsibilities on the road, impacts more than just one person, and it has endless effects. When a driver receives his or her license, they are given an enormous responsibility and they are expected to uphold it. As a driver, you are to protect your own safety as well as those in your vehicle and other civilians around you. By reading or sending a text message while driving, you are …show more content…
On average, it takes 4.6 seconds of the driver’s focus to send or read a text (Magid). This is 4.6 seconds that a driver’s attention is not on the road. If you are traveling 55 mph, you could travel the length of a football field in that small amount of time. Also in that small amount of time, you could cause a serious and fatal accident. As a driver, you should strive to set an example for other drivers and future drivers as well. Many drivers who send or read texts while driving admit to learning the unhealthy habit from observing other drivers (“Texting and Driving Statistics“). Seventy-five percent of teenagers watch their friends text and drive (“Texting While Driving - The Depressing Facts“). Seventy-seven percent say they view their parents doing it. They believe that it is acceptable and harmless because they have never seen any default with the problem. Placing a call on a cell phone while driving is also dangerous (Hendrick). However, texting possess a larger threat to the safety of others. Although there is no national law that bans texting while driving, some states have implemented one (“The Dangers of Texting While