Becca Murphy
Mr. Bergmann
Sophomores Honors English P2
10 October 2016
Texting And Driving You are stuck in traffic, when suddenly you get a text. Hearing the text message ringtone makes you start thinking, “Maybe it is my friend telling me about the party tonight, or my mother, what if something is wrong?¨ You become anxious and start telling yourself “The road continues to be straight from here, what could possibly happen?¨ Next thing you know, you're waking up in a hospital bed. Teens and even adults all over the world are using their phone behind the wheel at all times of the day with no hesitation, which has lead to some of the most fatal crashes in history. There are many statistics behind texting and driving that will explain to you why it should not be done and how to avoid it. So although you think you are “experienced” at texting and driving, anything is possible and one look at your cell phone can change your life forever.
Imagine being a parent to a teen that is beginning to drive by
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It is so tempting and seems so hard to not send one last text but believe it or not, there are various ways you could help yourself to avoid picking up your cell phone behind the wheel. One of the many important ways to help avoid texting and driving would be making a habit of sending texts and/or social media desires before you begin driving. Before your car ride, also think about the information you may need for your card ride, for instance your GPS (digitalresponsibility.org). Another great tip would be to put your cell phone out of reach, maybe in the glovebox. Not having the option to pick up your cell phone because of it being out of reach will really be effective. There are so many great ideas as to help avoid picking up your cell phone behind the wheel but nothing will help you more than you. Think about whether it is worth risking many people's life including your own, to read or send a
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...
As Americans have seen an increase in the amount of texting and driving, there have been several of the 50 states that have put laws in place to help try and put a reduction on the amount of fatalities. The devastating part about this kind of distraction is that nearly every person that owns a cell phone has picked it up at some point while they are driving to make a phone call or send a quick text. They have seen the commercials and they know the hurt that it has caused many families losing someone they love, but we still do it anyways. It’s so easy to tell yourself “It’s just one quick text, I will be fine.” At some point we need to realize this is not ok.
There are approximately 5,400 deaths per year that are linked to distracted driving, and thousands more were injured. (U.S. Department of Labor). Those fatalities are our neighbors, close friends, and even family. How can we prevent this from being so prominent? How can we make the roads a safe place to be again? These questions have many different answers, but many prove to be un-effective. I believe that the best and only way to resolve this issue is to implement tougher laws on cell-phone use in vehicles, and educate our youth to the best of our abilities on the dangers of distracted driving.
The sun begins to creep up in the sky. The birds begin their song of the day. It’s a great day for a road trip. The driver of the vehicle receives a text message. He pulls his phone out of his pocket and looks at it for five seconds. At this point he is driving 55mph and goes the length of a football field without looking at the road. He takes his hands off the wheel to reply back and simultaneously collides with the semi-truck that merged onto the road while the driver was looking at the text message. The driver of the car dies on impact. It’s not a great day. Nine drivers are killed every day in America by texting and driving (Shumacher). This action increases the risk of a crash by a multiplier of two.
I seem to be the only one who doesn’t touch their phone while driving. I don’t text and drive because I have seen the Oprah Winfrey show clip on texting and driving that has scared me for the rest of my life. I don’t want to be that teen that didn’t listen to the law and end up killing another teen and then having to face that family and explain to them that I was texting and driving. I also think it is really selfish, it is kind of like saying this text message is more important than the person in front of me. I also have done a lot of paper on texting and driving and that is why I don’t text and drive, I don’t want to be a hypocrite and go against everything I say about not doing it.
There is a current social issue that is killing many people today: texting and driving. It is very tempting to immediately check your phone when it notifies you when you receive a text message. Ignoring the sound of your phone while driving is very important for safe driving. It is not only affecting one person, it also affects the area or people around you. I believe texting and driving should be illegal because there has been many accidents due to this distraction.
When people hear their phone ding, they immediately have the urge to see what is going on. “Seventy-seven percent of teens say they are more than confident”, and they think they are able to safely text while driving. “Fifty-five percent of young adult drivers say it is really easy to text and drive”(stoptextsstopwrecks.org), and they do not understand why it is such a big problem to do so. Teenagers are not the only ones who take part in the act of texting and driving, many teens have said they see their parents do it. Studies show that “5 seconds is the minimal amount of time your attention is taken away from the road when you 're texting and driving”(DWI:Driving While Intexticated). Say a person is traveling at fifty-five miles per hour, the five seconds they take to look at their phone is equal to driving the length of a football field without looking at the road. If the driver in front of the texter comes to an emergency stop, and they are not paying attention, he or she will have caused an accident because they were paying attention to a phone. Texting while driving causes about 1,600,000 accidents and 330,000 injuries per year. The accidents, injuries, and deaths are all a result of someone feeling the need to take their focus off the road, and place it on seeing what their friend texted
82% of Americans own cellphones and 52% of them have admitted to talking on there cell while driving. If you don 't think thats bad 34% say they have texted and drove. Plus 1 in 5 drivers say they have searched the web while driving. 77% of young adults say there very confident while texting an driving and 55% say its easy. This shows that were to comfortable with it, because we did it once and nothing bad has happened so we continue to do it (Texting). Its becoming a bad habit and needs to stop, there numerous ways to prevent using your phone why’ll driving. First you can give your phone to a passenger in the car, or they now have apps now they all you have to do is enable it and no one will be able to reach you until you turn it off. If you decide to keep your phone on and on you, have one someone in the car answer or look at the message for you. Also to completely get it out of your sight lock it in the glove box, truck or deep pocket so there’s no temptations of getting ahold of it (Coleman). If none of this helps and you still have the urge to go on your phone, pull over put the car in park and do what you have to do. Start thinking about any text or calls you need to make before you even start your car, that way you don 't feel the need to do it while driving. The simplest thing of all that you can do is to silence your
“BREAKING NEWS, yet another driver dies from the distraction of texting while driving”. These stories are constantly on the news and seem to be inevitable. Car accidents are the leading cause of teen deaths in the United States combining with inexperience and distractions, such as texting while driving. No state bans all cell phone use for all drivers. Driving and the technology we have today are not a good combination, and there are phone applications and devices to prevent this conflict. “Over 16,000 people die each year and with the increase of technology in people’s daily lives this number is only going to increase”. More and more people die each day from the effect of texting while driving, it is time for the United States government to take a stronger stand and regulate more laws to reduce this number.
A driver is sitting on the interstate and his phone begins to his phone begins to vibrate, which lets him know that a text message has been sent to him. It could be a notification from his brother about an upcoming birthday party or an important message from the driver’s mother. Traffic is going to move soon, but it would only take a couple seconds to send a response. The driver starts to chooses to respond and traffic starts to flow. Soon after, the car in front of him stops suddenly and there is a crash. Texting and driving is a very common and dangerous act for teens and adults and needs to be stopped because it is a financially costly behavior, it puts the driver and others in danger, and it causes trouble and heartache for the affected families.
We live in a technology driven time when people multitask behind the wheel. The commute to and from work is a time many like to get caught up on emails or figure out plans for the day or weekend thought texting. The truth is that multitasking behind the wheel is very dangerous and could cost you your life. Text, emails, phone calls, makeup, breakfast; it all can wait! If you don’t make it home alive your weekend plans really won’t matter much anymore.
People are constantly fixated on their phones, checking social media and texting and they seem to have become accustom to doing this wherever they please, whether it be at dinner, at work or in the car. The use of a cell phone while driving is extremely dangerous and destructive to not only the driver, but also everyone driving around them. Every year, twenty one percent of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of using their cell phone while behind the wheel. This statistic is expected to grow as much as four percent every year. But, texting and driving is not just a problem among teen drivers. One-fifth of adult drivers in the United States also report sending text messages while driving (“Cell Phone & Texting Accidents”). To help fight this problem, the government needs much take a stronger stance and try to stand up against texting and driving to make the idea a bigger deal and implement harsher punishments, as well as stressing the damaging effects of texting and driving to children and teens early on in
Texting while driving is referred to as distracted driving. "Distracted driving continues to be the number one leading cause of car accidents in America. Talking on the phone, texting, eating, reading, grooming, and talking are just some of the ways drivers get distracted behind the wheel. Drivers who use a hand-held device are 4 times more likely to get into a car accident than drivers that pay attention to the road ahead. Individuals who text message while driving are 23 times more likely to get into an accident. Do not risk your safety or your life. Put everything down and pay attention to the road ahead. It is the single most important thing you can do today to reduce your risk of getting into a
One of the dangers of texting while driving at the same time is the attention it takes away from the road. A driver, who is focused on looking at their phone, is not paying enough attention to other cars or what is happening around them. Something as simple as a car stopping in front of them can cause serious damage to the driver and to the other car. “Texting” while driving is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages, email, or making other similar use of the internet on a mobile device while operating a motor vehicle, such as an automobile, truck, or train (Reuters). Many people and authorities have viewed it as a dangerous practice. It is on occasion like this, where familiarity with the road and surrounding will not make it easier for the driver to look at their cell phone. The probabilities of drivers texting on the cell phone and getting into accidents are only getting higher. Cell phone use while driving accounts for a major cause of
Cell phones also distract from teens driving. Texting and driving is very dangerous and over three-thousand minors die a year from doing it. Texting and driving puts your life and the people around you in danger. To prevent getting in an accident from texting and driving turn off your phone when you are in the car. Also encourage your friends not to text and