Texting, Driving, And The Dangers Surrounded By It

Through conducting a brief research on my topic, I have had the opportunity of gathering a bit of background information. First, according to the National Safety Council, texting while driving causes 1,600,000 accidents per year, (http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats). Second, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study found that texting while driving causes 330,000

Just driving alone imposes a risk that’s always present on the road, crashing and texting while driving can make vehicle accidents 23 times more likely

Is it really important to send that text or check that email while you are driving? Since 2013, texting while driving has been a threat to every driver on the road through the United States. Charles Moore says in “Texting While Driving Is More Dangerous than Driving under the Influence” that texters’ reaction times deteriorate by 35%, and their steering ability decreases by 91%. In 2010, about 4,000 people died from cell phone distraction related crashes. Most of these crashes were related to teens. In 2009 American Life Project published a report that focused on teens and distracted driving. This report showed that 75% of teens own a cell phone, and of those, 34% admit to texting while driving, 48% say they were a passenger of a car when a driver was texting.

There are many dangers when both drinking while driving and texting while driving. In this essay the two will be compared and contrasted to find why people do them even with the dangerous consequences. Drivers think they can text while driving and also drink while driving because they think they can get away with it because nothing has affected them in the past while doing it. Michael Austin states, “Texting, also known as SMS (for short message service), is on the rise, up from 9.8 billion messages a month in December ’05 to 110.4 billion in December ’08”. What does it mean to all drivers to text and drive,

In my research I realized that one possible reason why so many people choose to text while driving is due to new advancements of text message technology. Consumers are always looking for more efficient ways to consume technology, and text message technology is no different. This ties in directly with the theme of

Why are there so many accidents by teens and adults on highways and neighborhood streets because they were distracted by a phone call, email, or text message? I feel that texting while driving need be made illegal in all cities in every state because there are so many deaths as a result to texting while driving. After some research to find out how many states have passed a law to ban texting while driving shows that only thirty-nine states have the ban. Eleven states have a partial ban or no ban at all. After uncovering all the information needed to understand how many states have the ban, I really think our government should pass a law in every state to ban texting while driving. Until cell phones and texting came in the picture of our lives, there have been deaths or major injuries in accidents due to a distraction from the phone.

The parents of a popular 17-year-old who died on the first day of school are urging teen drivers to resist distracted driving after police confirmed Deianerah L. was texting when she crashed into the back of a school bus. Deianerah died shortly after the crash near Byron. It was the first and last day of her senior year. She crashed into the back of a bus. Ethan Hinton, 7, was exiting the bus at the time of the crash, and was knocked down by the impact, but the student was not seriously injured. "I got a terrible bruise, and she didn't make it," Hinton told FOX 9 News (Capacio and Beno). Evidence is growing in support of banning cell phones while driving.

Texting while driving can restrict your reaction to somebody leaving nowhere, whether if it’s a youngster, a grown-up, or a gathering of teenagers. Current Health Teens magazine distinguishes, when you content and drive there is "less time to reaction to a roadway risk". While having less time to react to something in the street while texting and driving it may prompt numerous mishaps and passing. What's more, the utilization of your telephone while driving can bring about an unsafe domain to the individuals around you out and about. "Texting While Driving" expresses that texting and driving had turned into a "noticeable social issue, and it is a most risky practice that dangers mischances to drivers, cyclists, and people on foot." Anybody

Many teens and adults has a habit of texting while driving. This distracts the driver and can increase the chance of getting involved in an accident. Some people agree that it does not impact them very much, but texting and driving can lead to many consequences that those people will have to face. It all comes down to someone being involved in an accident for them to have a wake up call. Texting and driving is becoming more talked about over the years as the percent of deaths increases. Having an innocent person have their life taken away because of a person not waiting to respond to their phone is something that needs to be

The average time it takes to read a text message is five seconds. At a velocity of 55 mph, that’s enough time to travel the interval of a full football field. The typical person may not realize it, but one out of every four accidents in the U.S. is caused by texting while driving (“Cell Phone”). Likewise, that is about half the percentage of accidents kindled by drunk driving. Driving preoccupied is injurious; furthermore, adding texting into the equation yields the greatest amount of accidents. One text could alternate a person’s entire life, or worse, cease their life. The danger of texting while driving is an outlandish issue that can be diminished by prohibiting its use and offering phone-disabling devices in vehicles.

Someone once stated, “In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you”. Texting and driving is a major issue in our society today. While most people do realize that texting and driving is dangerous, there are still a significant amount of drivers who still continue to text and drive. The Public Service Announcement from the student of the University of Rhode Island is effective at convincing the audience of the importance of avoiding texting and driving.

Texting and driving has become an issue in today’s world. Many teens and adults have a habit of using their cell phones while on the road. It is distracting and very easy to get into a car accident. One of the dangers of texting and driving at the same time is that it takes a lot of attention away from the road.

Texting while driving never appears to be a serious issue. Sometimes it takes us seeing family and friends becoming endangered from texting while operating vehicles. Once one notices this they must act fast.

A word has started to appear in discussions of driving. The word is "distracted." It refers to drivers who pay more attention to their cell phones, or their text messages, than they do to driving. The results can be fatal. One of the most common distractions today is texting. Each day in the United States, 9 people are killed and more than 1,060 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver (Center). A couple of months ago, I and a friend were sitting at a red light waiting on green. We were talking about making plans for later that evening. We decided what to do as soon as the light turned green, we waited on the car in front of us to ease off the line. Then we were hit. This turned into a five car pileup.

Most people text and drive, knowing the danger and consequences behind the act of doing so. The dangers that drivers face while texting can be extreme. While being distracted on the phone, the driver may not realize that the car in front of them has stopped, continuing to drive may cause a wreck. Distracted drivers do not often realize the danger they are putting themselves and others in by being on the phone at the same time they are driving. If a wreck was caused while texting and driving, people could be killed and/or jail or prison time can be permitted to the person , who caused the wreck. When in the car put down the phone and focus on the road.