Although the driver might feel comfortable texting and driving, the passengers in the car may not feel the same way. Could you live with the knowledge of knowing you killed somebody just by looking at your phone for a few seconds? According to “This Is Why Distracted Teen Drivers Are Crashing,” the author, Nolan Feeney, states, “Using a phone while driving is the second-leading cause of deaths that occurs in a vehicle”(2). Driving and talking or texting on the phone decreases our ability to control the vehicle properly, safely, and effectively. In fact, according to “Highway Safety Program To Reduce Risks,” “Text messaging creates a crash risk twenty three times worse than driving while not distracted” (3). If a person sends one text while driving, they are taking their eyes off the road for at least 4.6 seconds. If a car were going fifty five miles per hour, that is like driving the length of one football
Although the driver might feel comfortable texting and driving, the passengers in the car may not feel the same way. Could you live with the knowledge of knowing you killed somebody just by looking at your phone for a few seconds? According to “This Is Why Distracted Teen Drivers Are Crashing,” the author, Nolan Feeney, states, “Using a phone while driving is the second-leading cause of deaths that occurs in a vehicle”(2). Driving and talking or texting on the phone decreases our ability to control the vehicle properly, safely, and effectively. In fact, according to “Highway Safety Program To Reduce Risks,” “Text messaging creates a crash risk twenty three times worse than driving while not distracted” (3). If a person sends one text while driving, they are taking their eyes off the road for at least 4.6 seconds. If a car were going fifty five miles per hour, that is like driving the length of one football