Compare And Contrast Texting And Driving

In this day and age, some people are addicted to their smartphones. People seem to check their phone compulsively and without a purpose. This can get really annoying when you are trying to hold a conversation with someone, if you are driving behind someone on their smartphone or you are sleeping in the same room with them on their cell phone. People can go hours with each other in the same room without saying a word because they are so mesmerized by their phone.

Texting and driving has become a recent problem. Accoring to edgarsnyder.com texting and driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk. I don't understand how your cell phone can be that important when you basically have your life in your hands at the steering

wheel. It leaves me thinking that people are more concerned about their texting conversation than their actual life and health. These distracted drivers are not just putting themselves at risk, but the other drivers around them, especially in an urban area.

Most people take their smartphone addiction into their bedroom when it is time to go to bed. Studies show that phone light delays melatonin production which makes it harder to fall asleep. There is nothing more annoying when I’m trying to sleep in a hotel room then when I can notice a phone light that’s lighting up the whole room. Also when this person finally starts to go to bed and they are constantly tossing and turning for a good 30 minutes. An overheated smart phone can cause a pillow to start on fire.
Smartphone addiction will continue to be an ongoing problem. Generation Y is the most addicted to their phones and that means they are less social. Conversation is different now days compared to 10 years ago. You now can get a hold of people in an instant, so many people use this as an alternative. I hope people see the consequences in being overly addicted to their phone.