driving circumstances alone. Also as explained in the article by (textinganddrivingsafety.com), texting while driving is about 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated. This is a major threat to the drivers who are trying to get safely to their destination. The minimum amount of time staring at a quick reply takes a person 5 seconds. Driving at 55 mph is equivalent to driving through and entire football field without looking up. Statistics such as these provided by (textinganddrivingsafety.com), is one of hundreds of sites available that provides facts about how dangerous and quick texting and driving can turn into an unfortunate event. The sites are out there, the facts and heartbreaking stories are available for anyone
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Whether the conversation was or is as important as the last it is human nature to test risks and master the art of multitasking. Yes, some people are able to hold off the urge with ease to find out the topic of the text message and focus solely on the road but majority rules, and majority says 52% of all Americans have reached for the phone while driving. Citizens of all ages have admitted to using the phone while driving so it isn't a matter of maturity that can prevent a texting and driving accident. Laws, applications and pledges have been used to raise awareness of the harm of texting while driving but is it enough? Human nature can't always be shock and it isn't guaranteed that a person will learn even from their mistakes therefore the same mobile companies that empower cellular devices should be held accountable for accidents caused by texting and driving. Hold each company accountable for each accident a person caused that happens to have a service with their network and see if they don't come up with brilliant ideas to eliminate the incident completely. Harsh laws such as these are the answer and the only way to respectfully honor those innocent lives of people who were taken by a completely preventable …show more content…
Unfortunately, this has led to many deaths worldwide according to Newsday.com “Texting and driving is now the number one cause for leading deaths in teens.” It has surpassed the deaths caused by drinking and driving in recent years according to researchers. “On estimate 8 people are killed and 1,161 are injured in crashes that are reported to be caused by the driver texting and driving.” This was stated on cdc.gov by experts. In recent studies it has reported that many drivers that usually cause these accidents are between the ages of 16-18 because many of these young drivers are usually distracted with social media sites like Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. They are careless and run the risk of endangering people’s lives that are on the road. Thus this has led to a majority of cities in Texas to ban the use of texting while driving. However, many teens chose to disobey this law due to the fact that they are addicted or always used to being on social media. Many innocent people are usually the ones always affected by these carless drivers usually they end up either dead, injured or paralyzed. In a recent campaign called “It can wait” a young woman named Jacy Good recently came out and talked about her experience of being in a car crash due to the fact that the driver was being careless and was distracted on the phone while he crashed into her and her parents. This car crash led
Whether the conversation was or is as important as the last it is human nature to test risks and master the art of multitasking. Yes, some people are able to hold off the urge with ease to find out the topic of the text message and focus solely on the road but majority rules, and majority says 52% of all Americans have reached for the phone while driving. Citizens of all ages have admitted to using the phone while driving so it isn't a matter of maturity that can prevent a texting and driving accident. Laws, applications and pledges have been used to raise awareness of the harm of texting while driving but is it enough? Human nature can't always be shock and it isn't guaranteed that a person will learn even from their mistakes therefore the same mobile companies that empower cellular devices should be held accountable for accidents caused by texting and driving. Hold each company accountable for each accident a person caused that happens to have a service with their network and see if they don't come up with brilliant ideas to eliminate the incident completely. Harsh laws such as these are the answer and the only way to respectfully honor those innocent lives of people who were taken by a completely preventable …show more content…
Unfortunately, this has led to many deaths worldwide according to Newsday.com “Texting and driving is now the number one cause for leading deaths in teens.” It has surpassed the deaths caused by drinking and driving in recent years according to researchers. “On estimate 8 people are killed and 1,161 are injured in crashes that are reported to be caused by the driver texting and driving.” This was stated on cdc.gov by experts. In recent studies it has reported that many drivers that usually cause these accidents are between the ages of 16-18 because many of these young drivers are usually distracted with social media sites like Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, etc. They are careless and run the risk of endangering people’s lives that are on the road. Thus this has led to a majority of cities in Texas to ban the use of texting while driving. However, many teens chose to disobey this law due to the fact that they are addicted or always used to being on social media. Many innocent people are usually the ones always affected by these carless drivers usually they end up either dead, injured or paralyzed. In a recent campaign called “It can wait” a young woman named Jacy Good recently came out and talked about her experience of being in a car crash due to the fact that the driver was being careless and was distracted on the phone while he crashed into her and her parents. This car crash led