People should be cited for texting while driving because not only are drivers putting themselves in danger but also everyone else around them. Statistics have indicated that over 6,000 deaths and well over half a million injuries have occurred due to drivers using cell phones in 2011 alone. Drivers sending or receiving test messages take their eyes off of the road for at least five seconds which is enough time to cover an entire football field. One could only imagine the tremendous amount of damage that can be done driving across a football field with unopened eyes. “The more cognitive workload capacity that you consume, the less likely it is that you’re going to scan the road” Drivers who send or receive text messages should receive citations so that the safety of other drivers who actually drive safely can be ensured. The safety of other drivers on the road may not be important to other drivers, but there are families and people who care about them, and it would be devastating to lose someone over something that could have been so easily prevented. People should be cited for texting while driving because they put themselves as well as others in grave danger. Being able to drive across an entire football field with unopened eyes safely is beyond impossible for anybody regardless of how well they know the field. People should also be cited for texting while driving because in order to text while driving you must completely turn your attention to another subject meaning your attention is no longer focused on the road. However, people who text and drive are as negligent as drunk drivers, if not worse. To knowingly put somebody else’s life in danger should be a crime all its own. For someone to have enough power to take a person’s life in less than five seconds and not do something to prevent it show lack of judgment. But for a person to have that much power and not try to prevent an unnecessary event from taking place is simply idiotic and selfish. Therefore, people should have to reap the consequences just like any other criminal. On the other
Texting While Driving -Another Kind of Impairm ent Texting While Driving Is Hazardous Driving skill is measurably impaired by text-messaging. Writing text messages creates a significantly greater impairment than reading text messages, but both are harmful Texting Drivers in the News A 17-year-old texting driver in New York state swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a truck head-on, killing herself and her four passengers. A texting California train engineer was involved in the…
person life away. It’s common knowledge that texting while driving is a bad idea, but what happens to the person sending the text to someone who is behind the wheel. Texting while driving is a bad idea but everyone nowadays does it. It does not seem important because even the enforcer, such as the police do it too while on the job. The importance of these laws has been forgotten. But now, there have been many accidents of texting while driving, especially in the younger generation. Now, there…
Texting while driving should be banned for all drivers because it causes many accidents that could be avoided, it’s a waste of money and time. When an accident occurs, this is because there is a driver who is not being careful and decided to take his eyes off the road and into his phone. For his mistake, he crashed into an innocent family where the pregnant mother died. This accident could of been avoided if the driver kept his eyes on the road. His decision lead the fire department, the ambulance…
lunches instead of dreading their school lunch if they don’t like it. It will put students in a better mood throughout the day and create a better working and learning environment for both teachers and students. Many students in rural area would be driving during lunch if they were allowed off campus. Lunch is usually only forty-five minutes and with such a short lunch period students would be more likely to rush to get back to school. When drivers are stressed out and rushing to be somewhere they tend…
BULLETIN 1 9/18/14 SCHOLARSHIPS DESCRIPTION AMOUNT DEADLINE ** NEW SCHOLARSHIPS THIS BULLETIN ANTI-TEXTING AND DRIVING SCHOLARSHIP Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors who share this texting experience with at least three people to learn more about how to fight texting and driving. Go to https://www.dosomething.org/campaigns/backseat-adviser for more information and to apply. $10,000 September 20, 2014 EDISON SCHOLARS PROGRAM…
phones. Texting and driving has presented itself as a serious issue that can lead to disastrous events. The most serious consequence of texting and driving is death. The death of someone causes a lot of pain and heartache for many people. It can also be a traumatic life changing experience for the person who was responsible for the death. Young adults, aged sixteen to twenty, are the age group who are responsible for these deaths. Most young adults don’t realize that texting and driving is more…
Katia Suarez Professor Walter Smelt English 5 December 2012 Texting While Driving We all watch the news and see week after week that innocent people are ending up in hospitals, in critical condition or even dead because drivers cannot stop texting while driving. We think that it will never happen to us until it does and that’s the problem. Texting while driving has recently become one of our nation’s most prominent epidemics. Since technology keeps advancing it is becoming harder for drivers…
Texting and Driving Chayanne Bourgeois Chris Pylant 4/15/15 Texting while driving is a big problem in our world today, one out of every four accidents is caused by texting while driving. There are approximately two hundred and fifty thousand Americans who text while driving. According to the National Safety Council, there are about one point six million crashes a year caused by texting while driving. Drivers of automobiles should be restricted from using cellular devices while operating a…
Texting While Driving Everyday someone around the world is affected by texting while driving, whether it is a commuter who is exhausted after a long day at work or a passenger alongside their friend hoping to get home quick enough to catch their favorite television show. Most people are unaware of the fact that most car crashes that are not a result of alcohol or drug use are because of cellular devices. If a driver is texting while behind the wheel of a motorized vehicle it clearly shows that…
safety gives drivers to emergency help at a moment’s notice. Unfortunately, phones can cause great hazards too. Texting while driving is the act of composing, sending, or reading a text messages on a mobile device, while operating any type of car. Over the years there have been many deaths and car accidents involving texting behind the wheel. Texting or talking on the phone while driving causes many distractions leading to car accidents; therefore, the United States government should require cars…
