annual teen deaths nationwide from texting and driving” Texting and Driving: Leading Cause of Death among Teens, Study Finds.) Teenagers feel the need to keep in-tuned with the world at every second of their life including while on the road. This proposes a danger to not only the person texting but other pedestrians and passengers. Now that teenagers have apps such as Snapchat and Instagram they tend to keep their minds tapped into those rather them keeping their eyes to the road. Texting and driving
Argumentative Essay Many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. However, some opponents feel that creating a law against cell phone use infringes their personal rights. Others think that banning someone from using their cell phones is equivalent to telling someone that they can't adjust their radio or chat with someone else in their car. However, using a cell phone, whether talking or texting, while driving can be extremely dangerous;
Jeslin Kauffman Persuasion essay 3-15-13 Texting and Driving Have you ever lost a close friend or family member from them texting and driving or someone else texting and driving? I am sure you have been one to text and drive also as much as we hate to admit it. Would you want to be the one who killed yourself or someone just because of that one text? I have personally known two young girls who have been killed from texting and driving. Both were on the same road exactly five months apart.
In this essay it will talk about what distracted driving is and the dangers of distracted driving. Distracted driving is the act of driving while enabling yourself into other activities and not paying attention to the road or others around you. Since cars have been invented distracted driving has been around in society. People say that distracted driving is the new drunk driving, it is actually supposably more dangerous the drinking and driving. Also they say the more a distracted driver drives with
Argumentative essay Where has technology taken us that even while driving people have to be texting? Although texting while driving has become a disaster for many families and killed many people’s lives, it was first seen as a great way to communicate when driving. Over the years humans have adapted to doing many things that we see everything normal and do not stop for a second to realize that it can harm us or others. Most people don’t realize that it only takes three seconds of distraction for
27 November 2017 Persuasive Essay: Texting and driving Even though in today's time everyone has a cell phone and that it's not new to the world. There are some disadvantages and advantages on having a cell phone. One advantage is that it helps with communication with family and friends in today's time. One disadvantage with having a cell phone is that when people receive a phone call or text they want to answer it right away no matter if you're driving or not so it causes distraction and it's dangerous
Annotated Bibliography "Distracted Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 6 Mar. 2013. In this article “Distracted Driving”, many distractions are mentioned other than just cell phone usage, such as changing the radio station or driving with kids in the back seat. It is stated that the dangers from distracted driving are because of the decrease in brain function and inability to pay full attention to the road. These practices
Paola Bojorquez Pro. Wenzell English 100 21 September 2016 Essay #1 Texting while driving It’s time to stop texting while driving. Most of the accidents are accused of distracted driving and most of the distractions are most of the time caused by cell phones. However, some opponents feel that creating a law against cell phone use infringes their personal rights. Other people assume that prohibiting from someone from using their cell phone is the same thing in just like telling someone that they
Ratliff Essay 3 Final It Can Wait With growth of technology comes a new trend such as texting, e-mailing, or checking Facebook and Twitter on personal mobile devices. Sure it is convenient to be able to check all the social media in the palms of your hand, but there is a time and place to check your phone and behind the wheel of a car is not that place. Society is making social media so urgent that people are putting themselves and others around them in danger. Texting while driving has recently
that distracted driving is a problem. I also believe that teenage drivers are more of a risk than other adult drivers. The reason teenage drives are more risky is that teens don’t follow rules well, and they are not patient enough, teens make driving more dangerous than it should be. However, many adult drivers are risky and aren’t the best drivers, but their numbers of risky drivers don’t compare to the number of teenage risky drivers. Teenagers like to speed while driving. In the first article