Pros And Cons Of Texting And Driving

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CRASH!!!!! That's the sound you will hear if you text and drive. I think people should not text and drive. If everyone has an addiction to texting and driving than everyone will always be in a lot of trouble. Don't text and drive that is why you shouldn't text and drive. If you text and drive you can get in a bad car crash, it's worse than drunk driving, you can get the people around you in really bad danger as well as yourself. One reason you shouldn't text and drive is it can get you in a bad car crash. You shouldn't text and drive because When you get in a car crash because your texting and driving it is 23 times worse than just getting a normal car crash. You shouldn't take your eyes off the road just to check a simple text message …show more content…
People say that they need to keep track of who is texting them because if they are someone that has medical issues and their nurse or doctor is texting them, it's very important about their medical issues. Than they say they are allowed to text and drive. In reverse others think the opposite even tho some may think texting is driving is a good thing. But texting and driving is a bad habit to get into because if you have kids in the car and you take 5 seconds to look down at your phone and you risk everyone that's in the car's life. If all you do when you're sitting at home or anywhere is move your thumbs back and forth to be texting unimportant messages when you could be having social time with your …show more content…
Would you like to get in a bad car crash, or have it be worse than drunk driving and or risk the people around you. As you can see texting and driving is illegal but I don't understand why people don't follow the rules. If you're someone that texts and drive it's not doing anything good to your life it's just risking your life to be shorter, so think again when you're on the road and looking down at your

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