Persuasive Essay On Texting And Driving

1.3 million automobile accidents were caused by texting and driving (10 Reasons You Shouldn't Text and Drive). Texting while driving is the act of reading incoming messages and sending outgoing messages while operating a moving vehicle. Every year there are new smartphone models that come out to the market. The point of a cell phone is to call and text but now we are able to download social network apps like Facebook , Twitter to installing trending games. It provides easier access than going on a laptop because using a smartphones has become more mobile. In todays society we are constantly checking our phones like its our second nature. While driving , drivers tend to open their cell phone when they hear a notification or even when they think they hear it and if they feel their phone vibrate. Texting while driving has become serious epidemic problem in America’s roads today by causing teens to spend 10% of the time outside their lane making you 23% chance more likely to get in a car accident (11 Fact About Texting and Driving). The use of cellular device while driving like texting and talking on the phone is dangerous and could be fatal.

Drivers may think

People may say that its their right and choice to use cell phones or not. Even they when know the dangers that they put themselves into. Texting while driving causes accidents because a driver takes their eyes off the road but there are other distraction that can also take drivers attention away. Other forms of distractions are eating, fiddling with the radio, grooming, reaching for objects or in general not paying attention like spacing off and much more. For a police to catch a driver breaking the law and enforcing it can be difficult because they would have to look through the drivers window while the vehicle is moving and the cell phone could be hidden on their lap