Texting And Driving In Today's Generation

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Today's generation has technology at their hands; people are on it all the time. Many people in our generation have phone addictions. Some people have their phones out when they eat at restaurants. I see it all the time when I am out with my family. When I am driving down the road I see people texting and driving. The people I see doing this ranges from age from teens to parents. When they do this they are not paying attention to the road so you will see them swerve off and on the road. A lot of accidents a year are caused by texting and driving or even talking on the phone. “72% of teens feel the need to immediately respond to texts or social networking messages”. Some teens are on their phones more than they need to be and don't talk to there

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