Before you start reading this, get your phone, go to the last message you sent or read and ask yourself “Is this worth my or someone else’s life?” In the United States, more than nine people are killed and over 1000 people are injured every day by driving and using their phone. Phone usage slows your brake reaction by 18%. According to an AAA poll 94% of teen drivers were aware of the dangers of texting and driving. However, 35% of them admitted to doing it anyway, because of this, AT&T has started its most prominent “It Can Wait” campaign.…
The author’s overall claim in the article was to illustrate the dangers of texting while behind the wheel. Furthermore, the article’s weaknesses could have been improved using video recordings; however, the article’s focus was clearly distributed to the public. The author’s name is James J. Bernstein, the gentleman is the author of an article that pertains to texting and driving. Bernstein conducted an observation of several motorist who were texting while the individuals were stopped at a light.…
Joseph Devine’s article, “The Dangers of Texting and Driving” gives a thorough and clear explanation of the dangers of distracted driving. The author interviewed policemen and scientists who have conducted experiments and seen first hand the carnage that can be created from simply looking down at your phone. He presents a serious tone from the get go by starting his argument with the line, “Now, texting constantly while in the presence of other people is no longer rude and annoying but even potentially dangerous. Texting can kill” (Devine). He continues to say that adults are just as guilty.…
Should laws for texting and driving be the same as laws for drinking and driving? Have you ever seen someone texting and driving, while you were in a car? If so, you might’ve also noticed that they weren’t really paying attention to the road, isn’t that scary? Texting while driving is a newly found issue, and it is seen in drivers of all ages.…
Why Texting and Driving is Bad Texting and driving is bad it puts everyone's life in danger pedestrians, other drivers, you, passengers, and animals. If you’re texting it is harder to see pedestrians putting their lives at risk. Texting makes a crash up to 23 times more likely. People who text and drive spend up to 10% percent of their time outside of their lane. Nine in ten teens expect a reply to a text within five minutes or less putting pressure on them to respond while driving.…
1.6 million crashes a year. From what you may ask? In this paper I will tell you why I think cell phones should not be used while driving. I will give all of the crash statistics, and what other people think of it.…
Car accidents are a heart breaking situation to go through everyone knows that but continue to text and drive. Why text and drive? Why risk getting into a car accident? Why risk the fact of dying or killing/injuring another? Texting and driving is one of the deadliest causes throughout the United…
Texting and driving can be dire. When people text and drive they say that not only do they not care about their lives, but they also don’t care about the people close to them. Texting and driving is fatal, even more so than it may seem. More than 40,000 people have died in distracted motor crashes in 2016 (Combat Edge).…
Texting and driving or distracted driving has caused many problems, injuries, heartbreak, and even death. There are many forms of distracted driving besides texting and driving such as messing with the volume when listening to the radio, eating, setting your GPS, letting your mind wander, and talking to your passengers. It’s so easy to lose focus when you’re driving and sometimes you’ll pay the price. [1] According to the NSC, there are 1.6 million crashes that occur annually due to texting and driving. It’s a huge problem.…
Although, some state officials have passed laws to make it illegal to text while driving, the following facts still remain: Teens texting while driving is now the number one cause of teenage deaths on the road, surpassing drunken driving. Nearly half of teens and people in their twenties admit to texting while driving. The average time people take to glance at a text message is 4.6 seconds and if you are driving your vehicle at 55 miles per hour, you will have traveled the length of a football field. Even though these facts are eye-opening and concerning, everyone can do something to help reverse this dangerous trend. I recommend that everyone take some personal responsibility and commit to turning off their cell phone before operating their vehicle.…
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…
Signing pledges have shown to also reduce accidents (Texting While…”). Once drivers sign pledges, the driver must be committed to that pledge and the safety of the roads and others. This is why many campaigns encourage drivers to sign pledges today. Another way to make driver stop texting and driving is to enforce tougher…
In the article Driven To Distraction by Patricia Smith it shows that people are texting and driving and it’s causing them to get into car crashes because of them texting while driving. This is a huge problem because many deaths are being caused each year by these young teenagers (mostly) texting while driving. They can wait to text their friends or parent even if it’s an emergency. Even then you can call them and put it on speaker.…
Texting and driving is a well-known problem nationwide. Many people were introduced to the world of smartphones, which allows society to communicate faster. There are many opinions regarding texting and driving. Some people feel that it should be against the law to text and drive. However, there are those who beg to differ.…
Day after day people see news reports talking about accidents caused by texting while driving, yet none of it seems to get to anyone. Texting and driving is not only illegal, but also dangerous. Every day there are people around the globe that are killed in a car accident only because they were on their cell phone. There are multiple people who cause the accident because of texting and driving, while the ones that weren’t on their cell phones are the ones to die. That’s not right is it?…