National Awareness while Driving “It was the day before Thanksgiving 2005, Patrick Sims a ‘Text Messaging Champ’, was driving home from a Denver-area video store, when he accidentally killed a man riding a bicycle. Patrick was texting a friend, looking up just in time to catch sight of the bicyclist slamming into his windshield, shattering the passenger side window and denting the hood of his Chevy Cobalt.” (Schindehette 121). “Three days passed when word came that the victim, an athletic cycling fanatic and the married father of two grown daughters, had been taken off life support and died. That, says Patrick, now 19 and attending metropolitan State college of Denver, is when it really sunk in.” (Schindehette 121). Patrick’s statement in response to his involvement in a fatal …show more content…
‘Internet Addiction’, related to the use of Social Media is real according to Jim Taylor of Psychology Today.” (Taylor 1). The “Internet Addiction” which now starts early in childhood, progressing through the school years, and into young adulthood, creates a casual attitude towards texting and driving. So, early education and awareness of all laws, especially federal laws regarding the prohibition of texting and driving, would make a big difference in the safety of everyone on the road. Now, the question readers of this subject are going to ask themselves: “Should text messaging while driving be banned?” (McCarthy 2) “Yes”, says Cathy McCarthy, a New York Democrat serving her seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. (McCarthy 1). Ms. McCarthy supported “The ALERT Drivers Act” (Alert 112) that was mentioned earlier. She is empathetic to the opinions of multi-tasking people in today’s world, but goes on to express that: “There is compromised safety, for those drivers that continue to use those devices while driving.” (McCarthy
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These cell phones are a huge cause of many car accidents. Americans using their cell phones to text, call, or surf the internet while driving is the cause of up to about 80% of accidents (TextingnDriving par 1). So many people are seen using their phones while driving it is becoming impossible for police to gain control over the issue. People should not text and drive because, by altering their concentration it can result in dangers to themselves
Texting and driving has caused many deaths among teens and others, and many families grieve every day, wishing that the worst action anyone can do while driving to become illegal. In the year 2009, 5,500 people died in texting and driving related accidents (Johnson, 2012). From then the numbers only go up because of the growth of technology. Since the issue has grown and causing more and more problems, laws need to change and become stricter to fit the new forms of
One major problem that’s going on out there is texting and driving. Texting and driving can not only put the driver in danger, but can put other passengers in danger as well. Drivers can take their eyes off of the road for five seconds at a time just by looking at a text from a friend. The number of people dying and getting hurt from distracted drivers are increasing. 421,000 people got hurt from a driver that was texting and driving in 2012 and 424,000
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:
(Dreschel, 2014) b. Texting while driving not only threatens your life, but also everyone else on the road. c. (Statistic) Eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted, they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. (Smith, 2014) d. (Fact) (statistic) Nearly half of US high school students aged ≥16 years old report texting while driving during the past 30 days. (O'Malley, 2013) e. (Fact)
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”.
Running test to see how threatening this issue is common among American’s while driving simply does not do justice. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2012 driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes-with 3,328 people killed and crashes resulting in an injury-with 421,000 people wounded. Also reporting that elven percent of drivers aged eighteen to twenty who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. The greatest error in this trend is that it targets young adults that have just started new life experience behind the wheel and the sad reality of a small hand held device that is used on a daily bases in the leading cause of such a hazard issue.
There has been many laws passed towards texting while driving and people has been killed. Texting while driving is dangerous to a lot of people and that it made a lot of people die from it. Texting while driving has killed over one million of people and mostly teens die than adults. Five seconds is the average time eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at fifty-five miles per hour, that is enough time to cover the length of a football field (“Facts”).
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
There are 1,600,000 accidents caused every year from texting and driving. I myself have seen people text and drive, and they aren’t paying attention to their lane. Just by looking at the for 5 seconds can cause an accident. Although you need your cellphone to send an important message, cellphones can be a big distraction when driving because it causes many injuries. Only a handful of states ban texting and driving.
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.
People think putting a bigger ban on texting and driving is the best option. It is critical to grasp that distracted driving is an issue, but the law is not going to stop it entirely. “There’s no hard evidence so far to tie the dramatic increase in crashes or traffic fatalities to smartphone use” (Knuckle, 2016, p.2.). So viewers should not assume that it is the main cause. While it is true that crashes happen because of cell phone use, people should not tie that back to being the main cause for every crash happening.
Constantly, the streets are always busy, they seem to get busier as the days go by. In the past, people would get into accidents due to applying making up, changing the radio station, or eating. Now that technology has bestowed itself into people’s hands, they can’t seem to use it wisely. In this case, not while driving. Texting while driving is by the biggest distraction among society.
Make your decisions wisely and keep your eyes on the road, not on your phone! This study is trying to raise awareness to the life-altering decisions people regularly face in their lives each day because of technology. The researchers have done a tremendous job of gathering statistics from previous accidents and formulating a hypothesis with the given data that sadly results in horrible scenarios. After all, who wants to be responsible for taking someone else’s life away?