Dangers of Texting while Driving Essay

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    automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? Did you know using a cell phone while driving increases the risk of crash by four times? Texting and driving it has caused many accidents and no matter how much people talk about it and still how many times it has happened and there goes another life lost because of people’s carelessness. Recent studies suggest that cell phones are dangerous to use when driving so I have gathered information to look at the epidemic it has caused, negatives…

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    Driving Smart At any given moment of daylight, it is estimated that 660,000 Americans are using electronic devices while driving (Halsey). It has been determined that using a cell phone while driving has the same effect as the legal blood alcohol limit of .08 percent which creates a scary outcome (“Cell Phones and Driving”). Having over 660,000 practically drunk or distracted drivers on the road makes it unsafe for anyone. If something isn’t done soon, the number of fatalities will continue to…

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    illustration to promote no texting and driving. Texting is very dangerous and statistics say that a crash is twenty-three times more likely to happen when texting and driving. Texting while driving cause eleven teen deaths a day and are the reason for twenty-five percent of vehicle crashes. (Quinstreet) My illustration is a strong example of a visual argument because it has a strong point it is trying to get across: texting and driving is dangerous. Texting and driving is a real problem that…

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    Texting while driving is a cause that has a lot of negative effects. Along with many commercial advertisements from cellphone companies disparaging the idea of texting and driving, there are many laws in place in different states to ensure texting while driving isn’t a common activity. Currently, forty-one states in the United States of America have a law in place preventing texting while driving. (Bushak) Not only is using your cellphone in the car unsafe, but it can become detrimental to the…

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    Optical, demonstrates the dangers of texting and driving, with a focus on teens. In the beginning of the video, it is a seeming nice day as a car full of teens takes a stroll on a country road, while blasting their favorite music; when all of a sudden the driver receives a texts from their mother. The text message appearing on the screen in a familiar text bubble. The driver immediately pulls her phone from the deck of her car, and proceeds to reply back to her mother. While doing so, the the…

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    people are killed in a car crash every single day and more than 1,153 people are injured in the U.S. because of car crashes involved with distracted driving? What exactly is distractive driving? Distractive driving is doing anything to take your eyes away from the road and not focusing on driving the vehicle. Such as using a cell phone, texting, eating, using a GPS, etc. Car crashes are terrifying! Why would someone want to risk getting hurt or possibly being killed, all because their…

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    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. “It Can Wait” is a campaigned aimed at informing drivers on the dangers of cell phone use while driving. Their campaign started in 2010 using…

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    Should cell phones be banned while driving Cell phones should be banned while driving. Many are quick to say that will never happen to me, I am a pro at this, however I am sure the people who died from texting and driving said the same thing. We are a generation that is easily distracted, to some we are the technology generation our phones are the most important thing to us. Although you cherish your phone shouldn’t you cherish your lives even more? How are we concentrating on the road if we…

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    Driving While Distracted

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    makeup while driving? If so, you are participating in the act of driving while distracted. Some people say its just if you are on your cell phone talking or texting is what driving while distracted is. If you think about it, you are not watching the road with both hands on the wheel focusing on the cars around you then you are diverting your attention away from the primary task of driving (“Facts and Statistics”). Statics show accidents are caused by drivers trying to multitask. Driving…

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    concern and debate. Statistics shows that texting while driving has increased over the last decade, as the annual total of text messages surged from 57 billion in 2005 to 1.8 trillion in 2010. Research done by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows that those who text and drive are 23 times more at risk than those who don’t text while driving. In discussions of texting while driving, one controversial issue has been about prohibiting texting while driving nation-wide. On the other…

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