Texting while Driving Essay

Torie: Distracted driving comes in many forms. Some people believe “the message is more important than their safety” (“Reasons Teens Text and Drive”). However, what they are not thinking about is that “more than 32,600 people are killed in motor vehicle accidents in the United States” (“Doubly Dangerous: Snapchatting While Driving”). My position in this argument is that too many good people die because they are using their cell phone while driving. An article describes that “the risk of a…

Texting while driving has become a major issue in today’s society. Teens, even adults, have an addiction to their phone and can not put it down. Even though there has been a multitude of deaths due to texting and driving, it is evident that the laws against this are not effective at all. The laws are ineffective because it is very difficult for police to catch a person texting while driving, many drivers will still text even though it is highly prohibited, they will try to hide that they are…

the vehicle. Distracted Driving is an issue that affects and changes many people’s lives daily. From the victim to the suspect of the accident, both sides are impacted greatly. Some of the problems do not even come from the distracted drivers themselves. Cell phone companies and automakers are coming up with the most up to date technologies that attract millennials and tech-savvy adults.These distractions can be a temptation to be a center of focus while somebody is driving a car. Humanity is…

drivers who died in car accidents were distracted by their phones. Teen drivers often become distracted because they are texting ,or they are on social media. Most teens are oblivious to the fact that taking your eyes off of the road for two seconds could end lives. Distracted teen drivers do not think about the consequences that could happen when they partake in reckless driving. A nineteen year old girl named Heather was this type of diver. Unfortunately, her trivial text message that could…

How many of us text and drive? Many of us do, but do we know the possible results of these actions? “Distracted driving is engaging in non-driving activities which can be visual, manual, or cognitive” (ProQuest 1). Some people believe that hands-free technology is safe. “My hope is that ten years from now there will be systems built into all automobiles that disable all hand-held devices when the car is in motion” (Laws 1). “The average time they take off the road is 5 seconds and you know how…

an epidemic of texting and drinking alcohol while driving. This on-going issue not only risks others’ lives, yet along with their own. Both situations have their consequences, in which law enforcement will not tolerate. Although drinking and driving, and texting while driving are both very dangerous on the road, they have separate distractions and effects on the driver. For example texting while driving can be stopped by simply putting the phone conversation on hold, driving while drinking will…

Are you willing to pay the cost of texting and driving? Death is more common to be said when speaking about texting and driving. Even though death is a major deal, there are a variety of factors included. Texting and driving can cause consequences, but they should me more severe such as, high fines, extended loss of license, and periods of time in jail. To begin with, “more than a third of drivers are reading texts and emails while driving”, causing there to be fines as a consequence (Johnson).…

As of 2015, 1.5 million people died in car wrecks. 50% of that number was from texting and driving, and 25% was from being intoxicated, and more of the wrecks coming from the ages 15 to 44, the young age. If you think of it, 1.5 million is very large number, especially if you're talking about people, just thinking about a million and a half people dying from not paying attention of the road, people drinking too much at a bar, and people being easily distracted by their smartphones, this is how…

indeed tragic, the victims’ lives were changed forever due to something that is preventable. I could not stop my tears. Driving and texting is distracting, the driver takes their eyes off the road and forget about safety and endangers their life the life of a bystander. It takes seconds to cause an accident when the drivers take their eyes off the road; it can be because of texting, eating, reading a map or adjusting the radio. The person I chose as a witness for my contract is my husband and…

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…