Texting While Driving: Texting to Death

Simply putting down your phone and paying attention to the road is a decision that not only could save the life of a driver but could save a whole family and community a whole lot of hurt. At any given time during the day approximately 800,000 people across the United States are on their phone while driving, which explains why texting is the number one distraction for teens across the country (Don’t Text and Drive-Volunteer Society of America). However, we can change this. Educating teens about the true risks of texting and driving just might save a life. Any text can

Texting and driving is being blamed for most teen accidents in recent years when in fact there are many other reasons for these accidents that have been around for decades. Instead of addressing this problem as “distracted driving” and covering many of the reasons for these teen accidents it is being pin pointed on one activity, but by doing this, it is ignoring other issues that need to be considered. Pinpointing texting as the cause of more teen accidents is easier to do because the other driving issues are not as easily controlled, for example, radios, DVD players, GPS systems, food, and people. Texting and driving is not safe, but should we focus on it as a campaign when there are clearly other factors to consider such as vehicle components,

Through the time governments and private institutions began releasing public service announcements; there has been some inquiring about whether they actually are effective at all or not. Many people claim that public service announcements don’t actually help reduce driving accidents for a variety of reasons. They say that the announcements aren’t effective because they do not reach every single driver, so therefore they cannot have a significant impact on the driving habits and incidents of distracted driving and that even if they do reach a significant amount of drivers, it won’t stop them from driving distracted. In a study done by AAA, 90% said they thought texting while driving was serious threat to their safety, but at the same time 35% of the same group said they had read or emailed whole driving within the previous 30 days to the survey. Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 send and receive and average of 88 texts per day, drive 40 miles on average a day, the DOT estimates that at any given moment in the day, approximately 660,000 people are using cell phones or other electronic devices while

As a result of millions of injuries and deaths among the people of our country, cell phone use, and more specifically texting while driving, has become a big issue. Since texting and driving is a big issue, there are active and upcoming ways to stop it. Throughout the recent years, there have been hundreds of campaigns as well as ads on television, and in magazines to convince people to stop the use of cell phones while driving. Technology in cars is also being built to address the issue of texting and driving behind the wheel. There needs to be steps taken to address the rising number of cell phone related accidents, and if these don’t adequately help the situation, then there needs to be law enforcement set up to keep people off of

People text and drive for various reasons; however, it’s never more important than a life. Texting is becoming the most popular form of communication; leading to increased texting while driving percentages. Mobile communication is becoming more and more popular every year. Now, almost half of all teenagers admit to texting while driving (The Cons of Texting and Driving, 1). The age group committing the biggest proportion of “texting while driving” incidents is teenagers. The main reason is that they see this as socially acceptable. If everyone is doing it, they feel that it is the accepted norm. This is wrong. Drivers, including teenagers, should set a good example in not “texting and driving”. If enough abide by this rule, a reverse in the trend to text while driving may occur. Always remember to set a good example, especially for teenagers (Leon Neyfakh, 1).

With the society we live in today, a cell phone almost becomes a necessity. Although cell phones come in handy and even make life a little easier, our cell phone usage is becoming a threat to us. There are several ways in which this powerful object can be dangerous. Texting while driving is one danger many do not realize until something drastic happens. Texting while driving is not only a threat to us, but as well as other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. However, with the lack of enforcement on the laws and punishments, the use of cell phones while driving does not come as a threat to drivers, which needs to change.

Texting and driving is one of the leading causes of deaths and crashes in our country. It has been proves to be as dangerous as drunk driving. It is a major distraction and causes the drivers focus to come off the road. Young adults have a higher chance of being involved in a crash than those of a higher age group. The statistics prove the dangers of texting while driving and the rates of accidents involving texting while driving are increasing every day. Due to the many accidents caused by texting while driving, many states have placed laws in order to avert such accidents from occurring including Texas and California.

How much longer will we have to endure the pain of a careless distracted driver who crashed into a loved one? Is the text you just received while driving that important? Can’t it wait 5 minutes? There isn’t any text that is worth the price of endangering your life, and the life’s around you. And because of those who text while driving, texting and driving has now surpassed drunk driving by being the number one cause of the deaths for drivers. Americans now in days are hooked on their phones, and while driving, can cause serious consequences.

Indeed, texting and driving is a growing problem in our country. According to Pascual-Ferrá, Liu and Beatty (2012), 25 percent of vehicular accidents, that is, 1.6 million accidents, every year can be attributed to cellphone use and texting while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also stated that “teens are six times more likely to crash while dialing a cellphone and 23 times more likely to crash while texting” (Mays, 2014). The reaction time of a person who is texting while driving becomes similar to that of a 70-year old who is driving without a cellphone (Mays, 2014). Pascual-Ferrá, Liu and Beatty (2012) also found that the effects of texting and

The ads intention is to inform. Drivers need to be informed, to change the mindset that it’s ok to text and drive. This ad strongly persuades its audience with subtle but at the same notion a powerful display in communicating the intent of dangers texting and driving can inflict. The picture depicts a man in his mid to late 40’s, being assaulted by a small fist. On the face of the man is a diesel truck, which represents a truck driver of the diesel. Neither the man nor the truck by an individual's perception would be seen as being non-threatening. If you were to face either of them with a head on accident. The hand in the ad that is using intensity, and hostility by punching the semi-truck driver, has a small sports car on his hand. This could depict a teenager or a younger generation. The small hand with the sports car has no face. By not showing his face and only his hand depicts he didn’t even look up he was looking at his hand while texting. The ad’s intent is to insinuate without saying that the problem of texting and driving lies with younger generations, or the strength of a small hand can injure a semi truck, and it’s driver. The matter of principle that this ad’s demonstrates is danger, and violence. It’s to prove the pursuit of thought or lack of thought that drivers use when using their hands to text instead of using their hands to drive. The ad does not leave a

Texting and using other hand-held devices while driving is a trend that has sadly adopted a sense of normality in today’s society. This activity is usually called distracted driving. The U.S Department of Transportation describes distracted driving as a type of inattention that occurs when drivers divert their attention from the activities of safe driving, consequently increasing the risk of a motor vehicle crash. (Sherin, 2014) It is done by teenagers and adults on a regular basis. There is a study that found that drivers are 23 times more likely to crash while texting. (Caird, Johnston, Willness, & Asbridge, 2014). Texting and being distracted while driving isn’t worth the precious life of a driver, or other drivers on the road around them.

Technology has drastically increased, and has been drastically improved especially in today’s day and age. People nowadays seem to depend on the use of their cell phones more than anything. Typically, whenever and wherever, everyone is engaged in some form of technology, and because of this; chances are you’ve been in the car with someone who was texting and driving. Texting and driving is a horrendous habit to acquire, but it’s a habit that many people acquire, especially high school aged teenagers. “Among U.S. high school students, 45% reported texting and driving in 2012 (Olsen et al., 2013), which is an increase from 26% of 16 and 17 year olds in 2009 (Madden and Lenhart, 2009).” (Pergamon). Texting and driving creates a crash risk that is twenty three percent higher than that of someone who isn’t driving distracted. Texting and driving has been the leading cause of car accidents in recent years, and some of these accidents have sadly ended in fatalities.

Death rates are currently at an all time high, and it is most certainly because of texting while driving. Nowadays, one can find hundreds of essays on this horrible problem, but the problem still hasn’t been fixed. If America truly wants this problem to be fixed, we would do something about it. Statistics show the incline of crashes due to texting and driving. " An estimated 450,000 people were killed or injured last year in distracted-driving accidents” (Halsey 6 ). If texting and driving was taken more seriously then we would have reduced the death rate by a lot. “ Text messaging has been around for about a dozen years, with public surveys showing overwhelming agreement that it's a dangerous distraction while driving” (halsey 7). It is extremely dangerous, It’s dangerous for everybody on

Many of us feel as if our cellphones are a demand in our life, this has caused a growing issue with texting and driving. We use cellphones for many different things mainly communication with others. Communication by texting, calling, and even videos. Statistics show that texting and driving is worse than drinking and driving. People often text while driving home and when they get home they don’t remember driving all because of them texting. Car accidents are the second leading reasons for death in the United States. 11 teens die every day from texting and driving. 43 states plus D.C prohibit texting and driving.

Texting and Driving has become a bigger and bigger dilemma. Many teens or people of all ages really, feel the rules don’t apply to them and they are the exception to the rule; that they are somehow untouchable and bulletproof to it all. Studies tell us differently though and show us all sorts of statistics and facts to prove otherwise. One might mistakenly believe that the offenders simply do not know much about the risks created by their behavior. Research indicates otherwise. Nearly all (94.2 percent) of those admitting to texting (or e-mailing) while driving agreed that it made them more likely to be in an accident. More troubling is the finding that more than half (54.9 percent) said it made them much more likely to have an accident. In