Texting And Driving Persuasive Essay

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    their cars while driving people are getting in wrecks and running off the road and running into people causing accidents that shouldn’t even be happening by phones, You should read below of these’s reasons telling you why you shouldn’t be using a phone in the car or while driving it should change the way you think of things differently than before. One reason, texting and driving is dangerous to all people because they pay more attention to their phones instead of driving people tend to run

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    nothing worth being on the phone while driving. Put it down and enjoy the view. Driving with a phone should be illegal because by being on the phone people put themselves and other innocent lives in danger, drivers also risk the chance of getting a ticket, and it affects their driving. Everyday, thirty three hundred thousand people send texts, calls, or anything to communicate with other people while driving. Everytime a person picks up a phone while driving, it is like playing Russian Roulette with

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    Allow that to sink in for a moment. Not only does texting while driving take the lives of so many, but it also affects the lives of the ones who loved you as well. Do not be selfish and send a text focus on the road instead many people are losing their life’s over a simple text that could wait do not let that be you. According to edgarsnyder.com, texting while driving is six times more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk. Texting and driving had become a big problem throughout the world not

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    related to cell phone use while driving, don’t let someone’s cause of death be because of you. Eleven teens die each day in the United States due to crashes involved with cell phones. Texting while driving is illegal in Georgia, but few people understand the risk that is put on the driver and the people around them. People should not text while driving because it decreases awareness, leads to death and injury, and causes many legal consequences. Texting while driving is one of the top distractions

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    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

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    are killed connecting to the outcome of cell phone use while driving, according to Edmunds.com (7). Texting and talking on the phone throughout the time that a person is driving can have deadly consequences, but people still don’t seem to want to give up risking their life. There are many issues that can happen while on the road related to the usage of cell phones. It is important to stop people from looking at their phones while driving, because it is extremely distracting and not safe. Even hands

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    were left with substantial injuries from accidents. If so many young kids are dying or being critically injured from accidents why aren’t more drastic measures being taken? There are numerous things that have been done to make driving safer for kids, such as implementing driving school and receiving temporary permits to drive to gain experience. From implementing these things, the fatality rate has dropped from over 5,000 to over 2,000 in a decade (IIHS). Though this is still not lowering the fatality

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    Could you live with the knowledge that you deciding to pick up your phone while driving a vehicle caused someone to be injured or be killed? Texting and driving puts others around you and even your passengers at risk of being involved in an accident. Texting while driving takes your eyes off the road, hands off the wheel, and focus away from the road. All new drivers are taught not to text and drive, but they continue to do it even though they know it is dangerous. Teens and adults today have trouble

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    Texting while Driving causes many accidents per year, thus causing people to think about what to do with this major controversy. Many people think that ads and announcements help to let people know about the problem, but they end up not working out. Organizations like the Obama Administration (Texting While Driving) are trying to implement laws that focus on people who text and drive, which seem to work. Texting while Driving should be monitored by laws to help with the safety of people, to create

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    Texting and Driving Is it socially acceptable to drive drunk? Then why do we allow millions of people to text and drive which is potentially so much more detrimental society. Texting and driving has become the 21st century safety issue we are facing. We are instinctively addicted to our phones and can not resist picking it up every time it dings or vibrates. Texting and driving shows poor character because it is irresponsible and inconsiderate. Texting and driving needs to be stopped before the

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