Name: Davon Dower Date: April 15, 2015 Persuasive Speech Title: Texting While Driving General Purpose: to persuade Specific Purpose: To convince the audience that driving is a serious matter and it could cause risk Proposition Statement: I want to convince you all to start focusing more on driving then texting, because it can wait. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention Getter: Do you ever text while driving? Is it really worth it? II. Credibility Statement: I researched and found stories of information about teens and adults getting killed using cell phones without looking on the road. I have a lot against people who take their eyes off the road just for a text that’s not emergences or important. III. Purpose Statement – Texting while driving is a serious distraction and one that could cost you your life or the lives of others. IV. Main Points (TRANSITION: Let’s begin by looking at the key points of texting while driving) BODY I. I will assure you that texting while driving doesn’t make it any safer. A. Texting takes your eyes off the road longer than any other activity that distracts you from driving. 1. It makes all drivers 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. 2. It is estimated that at least 23% of all car accidents each year involve cell phone use , that’s 1.3 million crashes. 3. Taking your eyes off
More than 3,000 teens die each year in Canada in crashes caused by texting while driving In 2012 driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. the statistics above are from: http://distracteddriving.caa.ca/education/
In the essay, “Turn Car On; Turn Phone Off”, we see research done at Harvard University shows that distracted drivers on cell phones cause roughly 2,600 fatalities crashed each year and 570,000 accidents. (115) Distracted driving is driving while doing another activity, thus having your attention taken away from the task at hand, which is driving. While there could potentially be several types of distractions that could occur while driving, texting causes you to take your eyes off the road, remove your hands from the steering wheel and it takes your mind off the road. Drivers who text and drive put their lives and the lives of others on the road at risk for injury and even death. While more and more drivers are multitasking through their day, we are made aware how more education and resources are needed to help solve this growing epidemic.
Education, vol. 131, no. 2, Winter2010, p. 404. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,geo,cpid,uid&custid=kansas&geocustid=kansas&db=f5h&AN=59347977&site=ehost-live. “Facts & Statistics About Texting & Driving (Update for 2017).
Texting and driving can be extremely dangerous and anything the help decrease the risk of a life threatening accident will help. Having these tips to protect the driver as well as the passenger and even the other people on the road will make a big difference on the road. There are many solution to using your phone while driving and some of them are silencing the phone while driving to avoid any temptations to respond to a text or call, turn off the phone completely, or put the phone on the trunk of the vehicle. Staying safe on the road is the name of the game so the driver and the passengers can get from point a to point b
While there are many dangers people worry about on the road, many of those dangers include distractions or habits that can be easily stopped and crashes related to those distractions could be stopped if the habits were broken. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year, and 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1.9 million injuries and crashes could be avoided if cell phone use and habits were stopped or cracked down on. There are different types of distracted driving including visual, cognitive, and manual, cell phone use includes all three.
Did you know that vehicle accidents are the number one leading cause of death for teenagers? It all comes down to distracted driving. Young adults and teens are the most likely out of all age groups to text while driving. Texting and driving is a very dangerous problem. Every day in the united states there are on average nine people killed and one thousand one hundred fifty-three injured due to texting and driving.
When drivers aren 't focused on the road they become more prone to crashing. With texting becoming more popular more of these errors and accidents are going to occur
Finally, I will discuss the potential solutions to this serious issue. Transition: Now that I have introduced my topic, I would like to begin by talking about hazards and harms of texting and driving. II. BODY A. Significance/Harms – Texting while driving is a major issue that needs to be addressed a. (Statistic) Texting while driving creates a crash risk 23 times greater that undistracted driving.
People die every day from texting and driving because they are careless for the laws and get distracted by their phones. “During day light hours approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving. Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving”.
Driver inattention, which includes the use of cell phones, is the leading cause of traffic accidents of which texting while driving is considered the most dangerous part of using a cell phone. Texting and driving is always a problem people people always die or get injured. 11 teens die every day with the
As you may or may not have noticed, the issue of texting or utilizing a mobile device while driving has radically growing over the past few years. It was not until I, myself, became a victim of a crash due to a distracted driver that I noticed how much of a danger a person using the phone while behind the wheel can be. For years we have worried about drunk
In a blink of an eye there can be car wreck because of somebody took their eye off the road because of texting. “Distracted driving means engaging in non-driving activities that distract the driver from the primary task of driving. Distracted driving can be visual (taking your eyes off the road), manual (taking your hands off the wheel), or cognitive (taking your mind off the main task of driving). Distracting activities include using a cell phone (talking or texting) eating, drinking, talking to passengers, applying makeup and other grooming activities, reading, using a navigation system, watching a video, and changing music selections “(Discoverer.
Most teens think that texting and driving isn’t such a major deal, well it is. Texting and driving has become a recent issue in today’s society. Many teens , have formed a habit of using their cell phones while driving. It is distracting and the probabilities of getting involved in a car accident are higher than you are. A woman,Kena H, shares her story of how she lost people from texting and driving.
Many distractions are cause on the road; however texting while driving is one of the most dangerous distractions that can happen on the road. Just from taking their eyes of the road for a few seconds people can cause many deathly car crashes and accidents while texting messaging, Although texting and driving can also cause many serious injuries to someon love one, they can either bleed to death or have a concoction. Texting and driving can leave little kids without their parents. Therefore people should not text and drive because they can affected someone live forever without even knowing they
Technology has improved throughout the years making texting the most common and efficient way to communicate with one another. But has it gone too far? As cell phones improve, so does the urge to text someone no matter what, even if driving. Texting and other forms of social media are distractions that can the cause many deaths and injuries on the road. Texting while driving is not a safe thing to practice(‘’Gale’’).