Persuasive Essay On Texting While Driving

Texting while driving is a national epidemic that has quickly become one of the country’s top killers. (Texting and Driving Safety, n.d.) America has developed a problem with needing to stay connected at all times. Many American’s today live extremely busy lives and try to offset some of their workload by getting things done while driving. Most American’s now have smartphone and are able to check their email inboxes on the go. They will do this on the road as well as send text messages or make phone calls.. Many people attribute this to be a strictly teen issue but texting while driving is unacceptable behavior for any driver, no matter how experienced they are.
Using a cellphone while driving, whether it be texting or otherwise, is very dangerous to yourself and the people around you. Most of society is so against texting while driving because of the high amount of car accidents it has caused over the past few years. While driving, adults and teenagers alike cannot help but pick up their cell phones to check for new messages. When the driver hears the vibration or ring of their phone, nothing can
Fernando Wilson, an assistant professor at the University of North Texas said “It’s a much more difficult enforcement problem than drunk driving, for instance, a driver will drive normally for a long period of time, then erratically for short periods of time when they’re texting. With drunk driving you can use check points – you can’t do that so much with cellphone use.” and he raises some important issues with the implementation of some of these anti-distracted driving laws being enacted. The laws are ineffective if there’s no way to catch and punish those who break them. The Highway Loss Institute stated that state laws prohibiting texting while driving may not reduce the number of car crashes and could actually potentially increase them in some areas. (Hanes,