Texting And Driving Persuasive Essay

Distracted driving is an extraordinarily important topic that should not go unaddressed. More than ten people pass away and 1,161 have been injured every day due to careless and inattentive driving. Half of teen car collisions result from either a text message or tweet that could have waited. Life is so precious and should not be taken away from someone because, of a new status on Facebook. Texting while driving already had a major impact on the road and with the addition of social media it will only get worse. Social media has the potential to be a positive way to connect with family and friends! On the contrary there are a lot of negative aspects to it as well.

Personally, I have been in a collision due to the other driver not paying attention to the road but rather apps on their phone. Thankfully, neither one of us were seriously injured, but mentally I am affected by it. I have become paranoid about future accidents and further aware of each and every vehicle around me. Often I see other young drivers preoccupied by their phones or even taking selfies. Being on the road everyone’s life is important and photos can wait until the destination has been reached. Not only does inattentive driving effect both drivers, but also the families of
Many improvements are needed to make our roads a safer place and decrease the amount of deaths and injuries from distracted driving. There are newly created apps that block texting while driving. For example, ‘Cellcontrol’ which is a way parents can place a device under the dashboard that will block text messages from being received or sent during the time of driving. This device can also disable emails and the camera as long as the app is on the cellphone. Developments like this have the potential to make a huge difference and the more our society is made aware of this app the