Texting While Driving

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With the development of the mobile technologies more and more people purchase cell phones and use them for various purposes. Cell phones are commonly used in business and just for keeping in touch, but everybody will agree that due to cell phones life became more rapid and people started to lose their privacy. Going along the street we see thousands of people talking over the cell phone and hurrying somewhere. The most negative moment in the growing popularity of cell phones is that they are used in inappropriate situations. For example, more and more drivers are talking over the telephone and cause troubles on the road. The situation is far more stressing, when driver choose texting except of talking. Texting while driving is dangerous because it distracts individuals from concentrating on the road. Texting while driving can lead to potential accidents, speeding and/or traffic violations and definitely slows your reaction time. Texting while driving is not worth the risk. Evidently, such activity on the road is the most dangerous thing which can be imagined. a driver does not look at the road but texts with someone and very often on high speed. Such people forget about children and animals who enjoy crossing the road spontaneously. A driver should be careful and follow the road all the time, without the right to lose control even for one second. No wonder, because of texting the number of car accidents is becoming more and more frequent and thousands of people become victims of careless drivers every year. ”In 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 3,267 in 2010. An additional, 387,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 416,000 injured in 2010.” (Distraction.gov) Drivers who use hand-held devices are 4 times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure
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