Positive Effects Of Texting And Driving

In 2011, according to the website, Texting and Driving Safety, 23% of vehicle crashes were caused by the use of a cell phone. This translates to 1.3 million crashes in one year exclusively from cell phones. How do we lower this embarrassing statistic? Stop using your phone while you’re driving! That “LOL” is going to turn into “TTYL” really quick. There is no text or change of song on Pandora that is worth taking your life or someone else’s. Now, many people text and drive, but the root of the problem starts with the teen population. This is where the habit forms. Over 3000 teens die each year due to texting and driving and more than 50% of teens admit to texting and driving according to Safety TRW. Right here in Flagstaff is where we will
50) you generally think about the positive outcomes from having a high self-efficacy, but there can be a bad side to it and texting and driving is a perfect example of how this happens. Exploring Social Psychology states, “Confidence and feelings of self-efficacy grow from successes.” This sounds great from the outside and it usually is, but what about when a teenager is successful when they text and drive for the first time. Their self-efficacy which is their belief in themselves to succeed increases, therefore they believe that they can keep on being successful while texting and driving and not thinking they are putting themselves in a world of danger. I believe that the Overconfidence Phenomenon (p. 70) goes hand in hand with self-efficacy because when teens believe themselves to be successful at texting and driving, their confidence shoots up which put them and everyone else on the road in danger. They think they can drive and have the same focus as they would without a cell phone distracting them. Simply over estimating their driving abilities. Right here is where we can begin to attack this texting epidemic. A school wide assembly will be taken to each school in the Flagstaff School district. At this assembly, I would have guest speakers come out who are real life, suffering victims of auto accidents cause by texting and driving. Whether they had a family member die or they themselves have physical handicaps because of a crash. I