Texting While Driving

The majority of the people in the world owns a cell phone. At this point cell phones have become a part of everyday life. According to the article, “Adolescent Cellphone Uses While Driving”, “in 2014, an estimated 169.3billion texts messages were sent world wide.” (par. 1) This is important because it shows the extreme use of cell phones in our society. Cell phone use and texting has also become a way that teens forge social bonds and promote friendships. (“Adolescent Cellphone par. 1) The problem with all this cellphone use and texting is that people are choosing to text and drive at the same time. Texting while driving should be illegal in every state because driving requires alertness, texting and driving leads to car accidents and deaths,

Others may argue that texting while driving shouldn’t be illegal. They believe that phones are so advanced and have made it easier for people to text and drive. In spite of this, even texting while walking, let alone driving, is dangerous. According to the article, “Dangers of texting while walking” said, “walking and texting at the same time is most common to do, and it definitely can be dangerous if you aren’t careful.” (Par. 1) “In the past, videos of people walking into poles and failing into water fountains while on their phones.”(Par. 2) Also, “many people have gotten hurt simply because of not handling their texting obsession and doing other tasks at the same time.”(Par. 2) “It eventually leads to serious accidents.”(Par. 2) Texting while walking can be as dangerous as driving, cell phones are distractions leaving people vulnerable to the

According to, “Accounts of fatal crash prove texting while driving is never worth it”, “a witness says the driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving” (par.1). This is wild because texting while driving is killing the people who are texting but now others round. According to the acritical, “Texting and driving accidents statistics”, “in 2012, 3328 people were killed in distraction-related crashes” (par.7). Drivers of age of 15 to 19 involved in fatal accidents were distracted at the time of the crash. Also in 2013, “about 424,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver” (par.6). In result of this, 11 teens die everyday from the texting while driving. Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while