Hundreds of teenagers and adults across the nation reach for their phones and decide to text while driving. They are making the decision that at that moment a text message is more important than their lives A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get in a crash where as a drunk driver is 13 times more likely to get into a crash. Texting while driving delays reaction time, increases risk of serious injury, and brain power is decreased by 40 percent. Something as simple as a text message can decrease your reaction time. Laboratory simulation studies generally concur that using a cell phone does slow reaction times and degrades tracking abilities.
Potential driving distractions include grooming, using your cell phone, eating and drinking, or even reading maps or adjusting the radio. Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. A Massachusetts teenager was sentenced to one year in prison, after he swerved into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle head on, killing one person and seriously injuring another. He will also have his license suspended for 15 years. 69% of drivers reported they talk on their cell phones while driving.
These are the most common messages sent before someone gets into a fatal car accidents.What if this was the text message you or a family had gotten before you or they died? What if you sent that last text message that killed a innocent life? It only takes 3 seconds to kill and Drivers can prevent that by not texting.Texting while driving is a serious problem in the United States, and so many lives have been taking because of texting behind the wheel of a car. Texting while driving should be made illegal because “it raises insurance rates” (Cavallo) , cause fatal car accidents, “it is as dangerous as drunk driving”(Cavallo), causes speeding tickets, and causes
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When texting while driving is takes our eyes off the road for at least 5 seconds or more which, if we think about it anything can happen in 5 seconds behind the wheel. About 77% of people can say that they are a pro at texting while driving, which is obviously not the case because 23% of accidents are caused by texting. About 1,600,000 accidents happen each year according to the National Safety Council. Teens have admitted to texting while driving, and say it’s easy, but did you know that the majority of teens who text while driving spend the most time of typing the message in the other lane. This bad habit does not help the young kids that ride in the car with their parents because the majority of parents either text or talk on the phone while driving with their children in the vehicle.
One day a person was just being an average teen and goofing off, he was texting on his cell phone while driving about this cute girl he saw in class and the next minute… dead, all because he didn’t look at the road. He isn’t alone. Every year 2600 people are killed and 12,000 have serious injuries due to accidents involving cell phone use in the car. This does not just include the drivers themselves but harmless pedestrians as well. Cell phone usage and texting while driving is growing tremendously in the United States.
Texting can affect your health, social skills, and education performance. Texting addiction can happen to anyone no matter the age. Kids as young as 12 are getting treatment for strain injuries that are caused by text addictions.Some kids ignore the injuries of sore wrists, thumbs, headaches, and shoulder pains. If left untreated for a long period of time, they may develop arthritis in the future according to Sunday Mail The Brisbane. In 2006 a survey by Virgin Mobile found 3.8 million people in Britain complained of injuries from text messaging according to Sydney Morning Herald.
Evidence Research: * I have found that 1.6 million auto accidents per year, which is equal to 28%, are caused by cell phone use and texting and driving. * Also, another scary thought is that texting and driving is equivalent to a driver who has had 4 beers and then started to drive. E. Conclusion I propose that a state ban of texting and driving will alleviate most of the accidents that are happening now days due to this major distraction that only requires a driver’s eye for 5 seconds. In those five seconds, if traveling at 55 MPH, a driver can go the distance of a football field (Bowers, 2014) and can cause a horrific accident. It has been stated in research, that 1.6 million of auto accidents are caused by cell phone us and texting, which is 28% (Pascual-Ferrá, Liu, & Beatty, Meta-Analytic Comparison of the Effects of Text Messaging to Substance-Induced Impairment on Driving Performance, 2012), as well as texting and driving is equivalent to someone who has drank 4 beers, (Bowers, 2014) or someone who has decided to get high off of some kind of illegal drug, and then decided to get behind the wheel and drive.
Glavas i Outline T: I think texting while driving should be banned in the United States, because it is the number one cause of car accidents, it also causes concentration problems, and people die every day from texting. * Texting is the number one cause of car accidents in the Unites States. A. Car accidents always happen every 30 seconds from texting. 1.
Copeland said, “The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction”. According to the National Safety Council, there are 1600000 car accidents per year and, 11 teen’s death per day every day are caused by drivers distracted by texting while driving, and . This number adds up to nearly 25% of all car accidents. Also, according to some studies, in 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions in 2011 involved cell phones, which is adds up to almost 1.3 million car accidents. Car accidents are four times more likely to result from take place from drivers being distracted by texting than other causes.