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Texting While Driving: Is It A Dangerous Thing To Do?

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Driving can be very dangerous and can cause a fatal accident when careless. But texting while driving , now we just raised the danger level from bad to extreme. Texting while driving is the act of sending, reading text messages, emailing, or other uses on the web while operating a vehicle. This is an extremely dangerous thing to do. It is very distracting to the driver and takes away their focus from the road. It only takes a split second for something to go wrong and you not see it. You’ll be fine texting one second and then bam! You hit another car killing a family of five. The “Baby on Board” signs means nothing now. Texting accidents can happen in an instant. They can happen to anyone. A study conducted by the American Automobile Association showed that 34% of teens ages sixteen through seventeen admitted to being distracted behind the wheel because of texting. Another study also showed 40% of American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. That’s almost half of American teens texting while in a car. Texting has become a social norm since the 2000’s due to the popularity of smartphones. The situation of driving and texting is increasingly becoming worse. Driving and texting is the worst thing can due. It’s even worse than drinking and …show more content…

Some cities and towns have laws that prohibit texting while driving, but it is not very common. One and a half million crashes happen in America due to cell phone use while driving. Think long and hard about that number. Imagine if that was your child or wife in that car. There is no sugar coating it. People die! There could be so many lives saved by not sending that laughing emoji to your

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