Texting While Driving

Every day there are many that are killed from texting and driving. So many people get injured or even killed because of texting and driving. Several people are addicted to their phones, especially teens. Teens are obsessed with their phones, they are always waiting for some to text them back. Texting and driving is a distraction that everyone should avoid because it can result in injury or death to oneself or others. This may result in property damage, and the probability for one to receive legal consequences.

Raul Labrador, now an Idaho U.S. representative, used a parliamentary maneuver to force a two-thirds vote” (Russell 1). Last year’s version would have banned texting while driving only if it distracted the driver; the bill failed. There was success in Meridian, Sandpoint, and Twin Falls in passing ordinances through their city councils that ban texting while driving, with fines for violators. After three years of failed attempts, Idaho officially banned texting while driving on April 5, 2012 with Governor Butch Otter signing house bill 1274a (Russell 1). On July 1st when the law goes into effect, Idahoans will be held accountable by an infraction.

Drivers can now be cited if they are found to be using electronic devices that result in the driver diverting their eyes off the road or becoming distracted to an extent that they put other people 's safety at risk. Talking on the phone may not fulfill this criterion but texting or using a mapping app could certainly qualify. When one is texting, one is actually doing all three activities that are considered distracted driving - their eyes are off the road, they are paying attention to something else and their hands are off the steering wheel. This is an open violation of the law and demonstrates a complete disregard for the safety of others on the road. It has also been observed that drivers who have a tendency to text while driving are also more prone to commit other offenses such as weaving through lanes.

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 can't adjust their radio or chat with someone else in the car. However, using a cell phone, whether you are texting or talking, while driving can be extremely dangerous; That should be made illegal in the fact that it is very hazardous to

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. Here is why I believe every state needs a no texting and driving law to ensure that our roads are safe from those individuals who insist on texting while driving.

In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the texting ban has secondary enforcement. This means that most drivers can get away with texting and will not get in trouble for doing so unless they commit another offense which has primary enforcement.

Those of us who choose to text and drive are oblivious to the correct way to operate a vehicle. Driving a car is an activity that should involve little to no multi-tasking. Rational people do not put the lives of others in jeopardy; therefore, the syllogism is that texting while driving is irrational. Cars generally weigh about 4,000 pounds and by factoring Newton’s second law of motion (force equals mass times acceleration); a car crashing at 50 miles per hour times a two-ton car equates to devastation. The act of sending messages while behind the wheel is irrational because it is dangerous, selfish, immature, and has costly effects. Accidents are called accidents because no one crashes into someone else’s

Transportation has advanced in many ways and has contributed to the very foundation of America. However, with this advancement comes with many new hazards and safety issues. Living in the 21st century requires one to own a car as well as a cell phone but when you combine these two things together, disaster immediately follows. The Texas government is considering passing a law regarding the prohibition of texting while driving. Using a cell phone while operating a vehicle is highly discouraged in driver’s education, yet some do not take heed and do it anyway. I believe that a bill banning the act of texting while driving should be passed in order to decrease the number of casualties caused by vehicles as well as to keep the general population safe.

In today’s culture, we can receive information with just the click of a button from a device in our pocket. Texting is an easy and fast way to communicate and give information to other people. Unfortunately, people choose to text while driving, endangering those around them. Today I will share with you the dangers of texting while driving, why you should not engage in it, and how it relates to the public affairs mission here at Missouri State.

One thing that seems to be a growing problem in our society today is texting and driving. Many people claim that they do not get on their phones while driving, but statistics show that is false. Texting and driving is against the law. Studies show that text messaging makes a crash up to 23 times likely. This is especially common for teenagers. Texting and driving are causing death and crashes, getting pulled over and receiving a ticket, or even killing a pedestrian.

Texting and driving is something that happens every single day, all over the world. It can be expected that almost every human being, with a cellphone, that has ever driven a vehicle, has at some point checked their mobile device while driving. Looking at it without much care or detail one would think it is no big deal to text and drive. Other people do it all the time so what does it matter? But it does matter, it matters more than some people will ever be able to comprehend. Although a vast majority of people text and drive daily, it is extremely dangerous and should be illegal; texting and driving can result in distracted driving, car accidents, and sadly even death.

The recent years the annual rate of automobile accidents has increased dramatically. Little do people know that while texting and driving you automatically have a 23% chance of crashing. This is an issue all states have been trying to handle well since in the last year 1.3 million crashes were caused because of driving and texting. Texting while driving is bad because it has been taking lives away from innocent people on the road, it makes drivers more careless when driving causing serious problems, and because within the years, it has become the number one reason why fatal crashes happen.

Texting and driving has become a recent issue in today’s world. Many teens, as well as adults, have formed a habit of texting while driving. Texting while driving is distracting and the possibilities of getting into a car accident while texting and driving are higher than if you are not. Texting while driving has gotten so ridiculous the government has realized this is an ongoing problem that is causing accidents. In attempting to prevent this, new laws have been passed, making the use of cell phones while driving a car, illegal. However, too many people do not respect or pay attention to this law which put many people lives at risk. There are several disadvantages of texting while driving, including jail time/prison, fatal crashes, and loss of lives.

Texting and Driving has been a problem for many years, and has continuously increased since the creation of social media and other distractions that our generation is drawn too. On September 1st, 2017 Texting the Driving was made illegal in the State of Texas. This law was created for the safety of not only the drivers who are participating in this illegal act but the people surrounding them and other drivers. Many things contribute to the act of texting and driving but the largest contributors are our phones. We; as a generation, have become addicted to these devices which has caused many injuries and fatalities over the years and continue to do so today. Texting and Driving should be a law in Texas due to the severe consequences of texting and general communication, social media influences, and multitasking mistakes

“A mere five letters can change someone's life forever”(Burhart, 2017). Those five seconds that a driver looks down at their electronic device can take away their live, passengers lives, and even take away the lives of other people in the other vehicles around them. One of the most dangerous and distracting activities that people do is texting while driving. There have been many court cases and charges made for people who decided to text and drive. The drivers that were texting have been charged with manslaughter, murder, assault, and many other chargers. They could also have to pay for any damages to the other vehicle and any hospital bills of the injured. In 2011, a sixteen year-old girl was charged with manslaughter, assault, and texting while driving in a fatal car accident. According to the prosecutors on the case, Rachel Gannon was texting on her cell phone when she lost control of her vehicle which caused a seventy-two year old woman to be killed on the scene in the car that she collided with. The woman's granddaughter was also in the back of the vehicle and she suffered injuries but they were not life threatening. Rachel Gannon faced four years in prison for the manslaughter charge and one year in jail for the assault charge. It truly is not worth it to text and drive if those are the consequences. To this day, people in every state and even every country do not take this seriously. It is important to be aware of what could happen to the driver, and everybody else in