What seems worse, texting while driving or driving drunk? We all believe drunk driving has the most consequences because we hear about it all the time. Adults and schools are constantly preaching “Don’t drink and drive” to young teenagers. What they do not praise as much is “Don’t text and drive”. Texting and driving is six times more likely to cause a car accident than drunk driving. The majority of people are for the laws, but are still guilty of distracted driving. This type of driving is more common with the younger generations because phones are our lives nowadays. Teens have the least amount of experience behind the wheel and are the most susceptible to accidents. Not a lot of experience and texting is one of the ways teenagers get into …show more content…
Everyone has been to at least one party in their life and the most common saying from parents is “Don’t drink and drive”. This is very understandable because events can happen at a party and people are not always be the smartest. Teenagers decide to drink at parties all the time, even when they know they have to drive later that night. Teenagers should not only think about drunk driving, but also texting and driving when they are out having fun. When teenagers drive with their friends, they are even more distracted, especially if they pull out their phone when driving. Not texting and driving should be more stressed upon because it can have the same consequences of driving drunk. Many people see the consequences of texting while driving as a ticket from a police officer, but what they do not realize is it is one of the most leading causes for car accidents nationwide. In the United States, about eight people are killed from distracting driving daily. How would it feel for you to be the reason why one of those eight died that day due to your irresponsible driving? In that case, “arrive alive, don’t text and drive” (31 Good No Texting and Driving
Phones use while driving is one of the worst habits to have. Drivers who text while driving are twice as likely to crash than some who is drinking and driving (New Approaches to End Texting While Driving). Teenagers believe they are the best drivers and can multitask while driving. In order to text while driving you have to be looking at your phone. If you are looking phone you are not taking precaution to what in front of you. People think looking down for one second will not hurt. In one second anything could happen such as hitting someone or even running off the road. Other people ar...
All around the world, texting while driving has become an even more dangerous hazard than drinking while driving among teenagers and adults who openly acknowledge sending and reading text messages while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Texting while driving is arguably one of the most dangerous, selfish, and careless acts that a driver can take part in on the road today. According to Teens Against Distracted Driving, a study was done at the University of Utah that showed that while people are texting and driving, it reduces their attention level down to that of a person with an alcohol level of 0.08%, which is the legal limit to which someone can be
Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to Queensland for years. For many years? police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathe testing and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so Queensland Transport has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the transport department informs and advises the public about the importance of responsible driving. They propagate safe driving through the various channels of the media. Their safe driving campaign is now using effective propaganda aimed directly at speeding; drink driving and tired and reckless driving
Studies also show drunk driving is actually statistically safer than texting and driving. In my observation as my family was traveling to Wisconsin, I put tallies on my notebook to record the results of passing drivers. The results were surprising in that 1 out of 8 kids and 1 out of 5 adults in passing cars were distracted while driving. These statistics are actually scary to me because I will never know which one will make a mistake when I am around them on the road. The negative effects this problem causes death and serious injury to themselves and others. It also effects the distracted drivers by placing others around them in harm. As more people text on the roads the drivers will get too familiar texting and driving. According to most statistics, that’s when most mistakes happen. Phone and car companies allow this behavior to happen simultaneously. Phone companies are making their product easier to be distracted, as the technology is addicting to use for the consumers. The notifications from the phone distract most humans from accomplishing their tasks. The phone pings or sounds and the driver looks down. Car companies are now installing Wi-Fi in the newest cars of our generation. The WI-FI is active for all passengers. The distraction element is also active for
Drunk Driving is defined as: Operating a motor vehicle while one 's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit set by statute, which supposedly is the level at which a person cannot drive safely. State statutes define the legal limit to be between .08 and .10 depending on what state you’re in. Every 51 minutes in America, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash(MADD). That equates to 27 people every day. Which comes to a total of at least 9,855 deaths in a year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 32% of fatal car crashes involve an intoxicated driver or pedestrian (MADD). As of right now, in society the total number of drunk driving accidents is slowly but surely increasing and if nothing is done about it, it’ll result in a tragic amount of deaths and injuries. Drunk drivers are extremely dangerous not just to oneself, but to society as well. That is why one serious solution to this societal epidemic is to create a portion of the driving test where drivers will be required to be at least ten beers deep and while drunk they must drive through a set of
Distracted driving is such an increasing problem in the U.S. that there are laws against driving distracted. In New Jersey there is a handheld ban for all drivers and that is a primary law. There is a ban on all cell phone use (handheld and hands-free) for novice drivers. There is also a ban on texting for all drivers. This problem Is growing, drivers who are texting are 23.2 times more likely to get into a crash than people who aren’t (Cell Phones and Texting). Every driver takes their eyes off the road for approximately 4.6 seconds when texting. Driving is a new skill for teens, so doing multiple things simultaneously takes more effort for them than for more experienced drivers. Texting and driving can ruin families because when texting and driving there is a higher chance of getting in a crash. There are only 2 percent of people who can actually multitask successfully. Even though teens are more likely to try multitasking they are still part of the 98 percent who can’t do it safely. For example, Nebraska teen Emily Reynolds says...
As one of the major social problem, underage drinking can cause negative affect on both teenagers themselves and the whole society. Based on the research, approximately 190,000 youth under 21 visited emergency room for alcohol related hurts, even I accompanied one of my friends to ICU for alcohol poisoning nearly month ago. Annually about 5000 individuals under 21 die from it, not including other mature people directly or indirectly killed by them. Meanwhile, child’s brain and emotional developments are still in process until 20s so that taking alcohol will produce great damage on their body health. For example, alcohol can interfere with children’s capacity to build new, short, and lasting memories of information because it shrinks hippocampus about 10
For many years, drunk driving casualties have been viewed differently. Many believe that drunk driving laws are strict while others believe that it is too lenient. In this generations, where alcohol is cheap and very accessible many tends to abuse it. This people who abuse alcohol is known as drunk drivers because after taking three or four drinks they still believe that they are not drunk and goes back to the wheel of their vehicle without thinking of what will happen next. This drunk drivers are willing to risk their lives and the lives of others because they are ashamed or too big to call a family member or a designated drivers to take them home. If they are lucky and did not die on their way home. Then they create this dangerous cycle of
Thousands of parents deal with teenagers who emerge from drunk driving accidents alive but gravely changed - beautiful daughters burned, athletic sons paralyzed, promising college bound teens now struggling for words
Driving under the influence is one of the most common and dangerous situations in which anyone can be or be placed. Drinking and driving is a serious offence that can cause someone to be physically harm or even killed. Not only are you putting yourself at risk but you are also risking the lives of passengers in the car as well as any other car and occupants sharing the road with you. Many people believe that increasing fines for drunk driving offenders will play a compelling role in cutting down the occurrences of driving under the influence. However, while harsher DUI laws will look effective on paper, they will not make a significant step in the fight against drunk driving. Although there is a law enforced for drinking and driving in the
Texting and driving is an example of a behavior that can be considered a criminal behavior. Texting and driving usually impacts the younger generations and can sometimes be encouraged by the younger population. If a teen or young adult knows a person is driving and continues to text the person while driving, they are tempting the driver even more to divert their attention to the texts instead of driving. Texting and driving is a serious topic, one of my classmates rolled and totaled her car because she was texting and driving. She was, however, very lucky to have only broken her nose. She ended up having restrictions on her license, and learned that texting friends can wait because it is important to focus on the road. This isn’t the only incident
Teen drivers receive most of their calls from their parents. Even though teens know that texting or calling on a cell phone or using other apps while driving is unsafe, they do it anyways. Texting while driving has become a greater hazard than drinking and driving among teenagers who openly acknowledge sending and reading text messages while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Stricter laws have been passed across the nation leading to a decrease in drunk driving accidents. Many say that it texting and driving is actually more dangerous than drunk driving.
Texting and driving makes the risk of crashing 23 times more likely (1) This is extremely dangerous. If you are driving while distracted, you make yourself unsafe and become more likely to crash. Distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes – with 3,092 people killed – and crashes resulting in an injury – with 416,000 people wounded.(1). The worst part of it is that people know that it is dangerous- yet they still do it. This is a safety risk that is and accidents are the 5th leading cause of death (5) Teenagers also text and drive. About half of teens who say they never text while driving admitted to texting at red lights or stop signs (4) This goes to show that even if you say you don't text and drive, you may still text and drive. Clearly, most people know the consequences. 95% of people say texting and driving is a serious risk for their safety (2) But only 35% admit to texting and driving. (2) Driving while distracted can be a serious problem for safety and it is not a good idea to do
Imagine that you and your family driving home one night. It’s just like any other night
Both drinking and driving and texting and driving are hazardous and can be very dangerous. They have the potential to hurt the driver, a passenger, and to hurt others besides the driver. The big problem is that both subjects take the attention away from a driver and can cause major problems.