Persuasive Essay On Distracted Driving

Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio, adjusting the mirrors, drinking a beverage, are all forms of distracted driving, but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage, an everyday driver, was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011, when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a text around the time of the crash and was charged with reckless driving. At his court hearing, the charges were dropped because texting alone could not be proof of reckless driving (Jouvenal). Kyle Rowley, an innocent pedestrian, was killed because Gage was texting and driving. Nothing was done because this crime has
In America, only 39 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia have primary laws against texting and driving (Copeland). An action that takes an individual’s attention off the road for seconds at a time, should be illegal in all fifty states. Some people think it should be up to the state whether it is illegal or not, but the states who remain without any laws are at serious risk. Stephanie Hanes, a writer for the Christian Science Monitor states, “a driver on a phone had the same reaction speed as someone legally intoxicated, that those talking on a phone behind the wheel are four times as likely to crash.” Over the course of time, technology has become more and more popular all over the world. Without even realizing it, people are constantly checking their phones. Taking their minds off whatever task they are performing, especially driving. Whether it is checking an email, text message, time, or even answering the phone, all take a driver’s concentration off the road, just enough time for an individual to lose their