Texting and Driving is one of the main issues or debates there is today is texas. Texting and driving is dangerous and could cause harm to others. Some people decide to break the law and do what they please but while their breaking a law it could cause danger to themselves and another person. It's one of the main ways people get in car crashes and get injured or cause death. “Statistics say about 1.6 million crashes are detected a year but 333,000 injuries happen due to texting and driving”(edgars nyder). What some people don't realize it's not just teenagers texting and driving its adults as well. Then again it's not just texting it's also getting distracted by social media like facebook, instagram, snapchat, ect.. But, most of the time …show more content…
Many incidents happen due to careless drivers using their phones and taking their eyes off the road. Just one second of them looking off the road can cause someone to be harmed or cause a death not just the victim but the driver as well. A lot of teenagers are announced dead due to texting and driving. “An accident can cause the person to either be paralyzed, comas, brain damage, loss in some of their limbs, and more”(San antonio public safety alliance). It can be a life of remembrance and fear a person has to live with for the rest of their lives because someone couldn't wait to send a simple message. “For example, there is a child named Xavier but his mother calls him “ X” he's a 8 year old and is paralyzed from the diaphragm and down he can not breath on his own, walk, move his right hand, or play again due to someone passing a 4 way stop sign because they were texting and driving. Early october morning Xavier and his sister Aurle were walking down the street and right when they were going to cross the street there was no car coming but as soon as they grabbed hands to cross the street Aurle didn't see or feel her brother holding her hand because someone texting and driving took him at the bumper of their car. He is now not a ordinary 8 year old boy because he has to deal with the pain someone …show more content…
Liz was a popular girl in high school with 2 of her best friends by her side. She would always use her phone she said without it, it would make her panic and feel empty because she couldn't be on her social media or able to text her friends. On one morning Liz mom Betty was getting ready for work then got a call her daughter was in a car crash so she spend 12 hours in NICU watching her daughter bald, and tubes running all in and out of her body. She now realizes that her texting and driving caused her to lose many things like her eyesight from one eye, can't smell, can't hear clearly cause a bone broke and blocked her eardrum, can’t create tears because her tear dox is damaged, and can't put her body to sleep naturally so she must take pills to help her sleep. Now she's all alone because her friends once stood by her side then got tired of her because she couldn't do what they did so they stopped contact with her and moved away to college. Her mom states that she she sees that Liz is depressed spending her time indoors either laying in bed or on the couch because of her injury and lonely because she has no friends. Liz says texting and driving was a big mistake because now she can't go off to college,drive, or do what others do because of her accident. She regrets not waiting and says it isn't worth it”(Sophie Jane
Phones use while driving is one of the worst habits to have. Drivers who text while driving are twice as likely to crash than some who is drinking and driving (New Approaches to End Texting While Driving). Teenagers believe they are the best drivers and can multitask while driving. In order to text while driving you have to be looking at your phone. If you are looking phone you are not taking precaution to what in front of you. People think looking down for one second will not hurt. In one second anything could happen such as hitting someone or even running off the road. Other people ar...
In order to operate a motor vehicle, you must be 16, by this age the driver should be responsible enough to make right decisions. Yet drivers make poor decisions, they do not take into consideration the bans and law prohibiting them to text behind the wheel. In 2009, Car and Driver preformed an experiment showing that texting while driving is more dangerous than being intoxicated behind the wheel. Texting bans have been proven to be lasting only a short time. People will react to a ban, but soon after will fall right back to their habits behind the wheel.
One day Chandler Gerber 23, of Bluffton collided with an Amish buggy back in April of 2012. A three year old boy and a five year old girl were killed. A 17 year old boy who was in critical condition died several days later. Chandler was sending a text that said “ I love you” to his wife when he caused the accident. Drivers who were texting were 23.2 times more likely to crash to those who weren’t texting (Cell Phones and Texting). The increasing amount of crashes caused from texting and driving and growing and becoming more of a problem. Distracted driving is an increasing problem in the United States resulting in many accidents, but a solution to the problem would be banning cellphones while driving.
The cell phone provider known as AT&T has produced several commercials to show the dangers of texting and driving. These are designed to grab people’s attention and to touch them in a small place in there heart to the point that they no longer feel the need to pick up their phone in the car. They stress over and over the dangers of reading just one text. There have even been safety precautions placed in teens vehicles that record them as well as the road while they are driving to catch any of this distracted behavior. As Americans have seen an increase in the amount of texting and driving there have been several of the 50 states that have put laws in place to help try and put a reduction on the amount of fatalities. The devastating part about this kind of distraction is that nearly every person that has owned a cell phone has picked it up at some point while they are driving to make a phone call or send a quick text. They have seen the commercials and they know the hurt that it has caused many families loosing someone they love, but we still to do it anyways. It’s so easy to tell yourself “It’s just one quick text, I will be fine.” At some point we need to realize this is not
The sun begins to creep up in the sky. The birds begin their song of the day. It’s a great day for a road trip. The driver of the vehicle receives a text message. He pulls his phone out of his pocket and looks at it for five seconds. At this point he is driving 55mph and goes the length of a football field without looking at the road. He takes his hands off the wheel to reply back and simultaneously collides with the semi-truck that merged onto the road while the driver was looking at the text message. The driver of the car dies on impact. It’s not a great day. Nine drivers are killed every day in America by texting and driving (Shumacher). This action increases the risk of a crash by a multiplier of two.
The ability to drive is one of the greatest privileges anyone is allowed to receive, and should not be taken for granted. Many people though do not take this into consideration, and will often fail to realize that their doing something wrong when they are driving. Texting while driving is one of the most common mistakes people do while driving, and is most responsible for many car collisions, and deaths. Over the years many people are now using their phones while driving, and many of those people are teenagers, that are just starting off driving.
This is also why I think they should just ban all use of cell phones. “13% of drivers age 18-20 involved in car wrecks admitted to texting or talking on the phone at the time of the crash. 34% of teens say they have texted while behind the wheel of the car, while 82% of Americans age 16-17 own a cell phone. I know that while I am driving I put my phone on silent and put it in my glove box that way if I need it for whatever reason I can just reach over and grab it.”
There is a current social issue that is killing many people today: texting and driving. It is very tempting to immediately check your phone when it notifies you when you receive a text message. Ignoring the sound of your phone while driving is very important for safe driving. It is not only affecting one person, it also affects the area or people around you. I believe texting and driving should be illegal because there has been many accidents due to this distraction.
To put it plainly, death is inevitable. However, fatalities among car crashes is among the most preventable situations we encounter today. Contrary to what many believe, texting and driving is not the only hazard among the road. Believe it or not, the elderly have posed as a serious threat among fellow drivers. To keep dangerously incapable folks off the road, the Texas Department of Public Safety, should lower the age from 79 to 65 to require people to personally visit the facility for a vision test and also mandate a driving test triennially under all circumstances for people over the age of 65. By doing so, there would be a decrease in automobile casualties, and decrease of dangerous drivers on the roads. ¬
Teenagers and adults day after day suffer from the wrath of texting and driving. The National Highway Traffic Administration reported that in “2010, texting and driving was the cause of eighteen percent of all fatal crashes with 3,092 people killed. Texting and driving also resulted in crashes that cause 416,000 people being wounded” (Par. 6). Cell phone use in cars starts to become an issue when the number one driving distraction reported by teen and young adult drivers is texting and driving. Texting and driving is not only done by teenagers and young adults, but almost everyone in the United States texts messages. State governments, police officers and other officials need to make texting and driving illegal in all fifty
Even though texting and driving is against the law, men and women of all ages are doing it on a regular basis. Statistically speaking, 23% of car accidents, which was about 1.3 million, involved cell phones in 2011 (“Texting and Driving..”). According to Edgar Snyder and Associates Law Firm out of Western Pennsylvania, “In 2011, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 people were injured in accidents involving a distracted driver.” Along with those stats, and according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “texting and driving kills 11 teens each day” (“Texting and Cell Phone..”). These numbers show how fatally dangerous texting and driving can be. As mentioned earlier, it is illegal, so humans shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. However, if someone gets caught, they could be looking at a ticket costing about, 135 dollars, not including the additional base fine, surcharge and the law library fee (“Texting and Driving, Challenges..”). If a person chooses to text and drive and...
According to Ian Mulgrew, a journalist/author from Canada, many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage (Mulgrew). This shows that accidents are being caused by texting and driving. A majority of people have busy lives that leaves them to get things done while on the road. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. Most people are against this action is because it causes many car accidents every year. Did you know that texting while driving is one of the longest eyes-off-the road time of distracted driving activities? According to DWI, text messaging makes a crash up to 23 times more likely. While other activities like, dialing, talking or listening or reaching for a device is less likely. While driving, adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one. When a
Teenagers don’t want to be inconvenient with having to wait to respond to their friends about the latest party or school event that’s coming up. Driving is just as good of time as any to text their best friends about the upcoming weekend or update their Facebook status in the mind of a young adult. Even though most teens know they shouldn’t text and drive many are guilty of doing it several times a day. An overwhelming 75% of teens even admit to text messaging while driving (“Distracted Driving,” 2016). Young drivers are more likely to get into an accident due to lack of experience than that of any other driver on the road. Add in texting to the mix it is a recipe for disaster. About 54% of teenage motor vehicle crash deaths occur on Friday, Saturday or Sunday – with Saturday being the deadliest day of the week for teens (Hosansky, 2012). Teenage motor vehicle fatalities are at the highest in the summer months.
Texting while driving is referred to as distracted driving. "Distracted driving continues to be the number one leading cause of car accidents in America. Talking on the phone, texting, eating, reading, grooming, and talking are just some of the ways drivers get distracted behind the wheel. Drivers who use a hand-held device are 4 times more likely to get into a car accident than drivers that pay attention to the road ahead. Individuals who text message while driving are 23 times more likely to get into an accident. Do not risk your safety or your life. Put everything down and pay attention to the road ahead. It is the single most important thing you can do today to reduce your risk of getting into a
Ecovia ad called “Stop the Violence: Don’t Text and Drive” to bring awareness to individuals the consequences of texting and driving. The advertisement shows how texting and driving can be the same way as punching someone in the face. The picture in the ad portrays a smaller male punching a larger male in the face and states “Don’t Text and Drive”. Within the essay, the following questions will be answered. Where did the advertisement come from and why was it created?