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    Texting And Driving Laws

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    with driving with a higher risk of fatal or near fatal accidents as a result of the misusage of cellular phones while driving. Distracted driving is dangerous for the driver and in many cases, result in serious harm to other drivers on the road. What are the dangers that drivers face by continuing to openly break the laws for texting and driving? The number of lives lost due to texting and driving in America are increasing at epidemic levels on a daily basis. The current texting and driving…

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    mistake on the wheel can danger the driver, the passengers in a vehicle, and other drivers on the road. For that reason Agree with texting and driving calls. When driving many things can serve as a distraction from the road. One of those things is texting or calling while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) drivers who use hand held devices are four times as likely to be involved in a serious accident on the road. Is texting or calling someone more…

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    Texting and driving has become a major epidemic in our society. It might not seem like much of an issue, but there has been many deaths that have occurred due to this. Driving while intexticated distracts the driver which puts the lives of many innocent civilians in danger so that is why awareness needs to be brought on this subject. Almost everyone behind the wheel has experienced temptation to answer the text message, in fact a study shown back in 2011 that twenty three percent driver's age…

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    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? Well no, it shouldn’t be someone’s life you’re taking because texting…

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    This means no matter if a person is an expert in driving the five seconds they have their eyes on their phone is what matters. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) an agency of the executive branch of the U.S. government, part of the department of transportation getting the viewers on how texting and driving is unacceptable. The public service announcement (PSA) from NHTSA is effective of the importance of avoiding texting and driving leads to death, Experts, and five seconds…

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    we are. A childhood friend, Gabriella Sette Heiderick, died February 21 at 3:00 a.m. while driving back home. What she didn’t realize was that texting and driving will cut your life short. The truth of the matter is that we have all picked up our phone while driving and read a text message or checked a notification. Something that seems so "innocent" took the life of a sixteen year old girl. She was texting her friend and taking Snapchats when she lost control of her car and crashed on to…

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    should be no more texting and driving. It affects everyone because texting can cause you to lose control and harm yourself and other drivers. It only takes seconds for something to happen and that can affect everyone around you. It is most important to think about how you can harm other and realize you should stop before getting in hurt. Adults texting can affect not just one life, but their own family's and the other drivers lives too. Not all people are affected by texting and driving, but…

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    and have the urge to respond immediately. This is making texting and driving a very severe problem. The use of cell phones while driving should be illegal with strict penalties for infractions regardless of age or experience. Distracted driving is a huge problem today. Distracted driving is anything that causes one to take his/her eyes off the road or lose mental focus while driving. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed due to distracted driving, and almost half a million were injured because of…

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    your cell phone. Most people don’t understand the foolishness behind the phone in a car. Texting while driving is not okay, because you’re taking your eyes off of the road, you get distracted, and you are more likely to get in a car crash while on the phone. To begin with, you are likely to get into a car accident while texting and driving, you just don’t want to take the risk. As Edgar Snyder, Texting and Driving Accident…

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    accidents, drinking while driving, the use of cellphones stands as the second most common source of motor accidents and deaths according to ProCon.org. Driving while texting is a horrible habit for most teens and adults in today’s society. In America there are thousands of deaths annually due to the distraction that cellphones pose for drivers. Not only do the overwhelming habits of texting and checking our phones consume our lives, but as they become integrated into our driving, we are more…

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