Persuasive Essay On Texting And Driving

Texting and Driving In 2015 alone, 218 of our fellow citizens died in car crashes (“Texting while driving is costing us all”). Car crashes have become part of our reality. Majority of our car crashes comes from being on a phone, tablet, or even an iPad or being distracted in some sort of way while driving, most likely texting. Texting and driving increases the risk of killing people and can cause insurance rates to increase significantly. Texting and driving can increase the risk of killing people. Between 2014 and 2015, the amount of deadly car crashes increased by about seven percent. Many states, including Idaho, are banning talking on a cell phone while driving (“Texting while driving is costing us all”). Texting and talking while driving became such an issue, that Texas also passed a law, on September 1, 2017, stating that it is illegal to hold your phone up to your ear to call, and text, at all while driving. It is still legal to use a cell phone hands-free for things like GPS, talking on speaker, etc. Our families and friends are all at risk if our world continues to text and drive. In 2015, 6.3 billion car accidents were reported to police. Because, an estimated 542,000 drivers use their cell phones at any given point in the day, many of these accidents reported to police were probably due to the use of a phone:

The older you are, the slower your reaction times, you gradually get stiffer joints, and the worse your eyesight becomes (“Don’t Text and Drive, Grown-Ups”). These are all things that could affect driving without even having an electronic in your possession. Imagine having these problems and texting while driving. That is a recipe for