DeVry UniversityAnnotated Bibliography for Texting While Driving
So many people are affected by the actions of those, when it comes to texting while driving, from kids, sisters and brothers to aunts, uncles and others who suffer in in result. Ttexting while driving impairs the driver’s abilities, because of this, many people has died from innocent adults to innocent children. People text while in school zones, and even use the internet while driving, to navigate to a specific location. Researchers has shown that there have been many studies and hands on experiences, that has assisted in understanding the danger of texting while driving .The ability of texting while a moving vehicle is in operations, should be cut because of the number of deaths and people who suffer from it.
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According to the CDC, in 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 3,267 in 2010. An additional, 387,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011 compared to 416,000 people injured in 2010. In June 2011, more than 196 billion text messages were sent or received in the US, up nearly 49+% from June 2009. Research done by the CDC compared the act of talking on a cell phone or texting while driving in the United States and seven European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. They found that 65% of drivers in the United States ages 18-64 reported that they had talked on their cell phone while driving within the 30 days before they were surveyed. There are risk factors that comes with this, as we all