What Are The Dangers Of Texting While Driving Persuasive Speech
Don’t Text and Drive You Could Save a Life
Good evening, my name is Stephanie Apfelbacher, I am here to say (SLIDE 1) Don’t Text and Drive you Could Save a Life. Maybe you have been tempted, sitting at the wheel in traffic; you hear the familiar beep of a text-message. It could be your boss needing the final sale numbers of the day or your friend needing advice on what outfit to wear to the party. Traffic is backed up and you know if will take just a minute to reply back, so you do. You think, there is little risk then BAM (SLIDE 2) you rear end the car in front of you because they stopped and you did not see in order to stop in time. This is what happened to a 16 year old’s car when she decided to driving while texting, she hit a parked car. Today I am here to persuade you to not text while driving. Driving while texting, is very dangerous, costly and should be illegal to all age of drivers in all states.
There are two major dangers to worry about while driving and texting. There have been thousands of deaths due to texting while driving. The University of N. Texas Health Center reported during …show more content…
Insurance companies check phone records to determine if the driver was texting during the accident. If found guilty you can lose your claim and have out of pocket expenses with the damage done or medical bills of the victim’s. If you are responsible for a loss of life you may have court fees fighting for your time behind bars or be sued by the victim’s family. Right now you can be ticketed $110.00 and fine could double for additional offenses. A study done by Harvard University found that 330,00 people were injured and 2,600 deaths occur per year because of driving while texting. With these dangers and costs in mind along with all the lost lives from texting while driving now is the time to stop texting while driving for all
Good evening, my name is Stephanie Apfelbacher, I am here to say (SLIDE 1) Don’t Text and Drive you Could Save a Life. Maybe you have been tempted, sitting at the wheel in traffic; you hear the familiar beep of a text-message. It could be your boss needing the final sale numbers of the day or your friend needing advice on what outfit to wear to the party. Traffic is backed up and you know if will take just a minute to reply back, so you do. You think, there is little risk then BAM (SLIDE 2) you rear end the car in front of you because they stopped and you did not see in order to stop in time. This is what happened to a 16 year old’s car when she decided to driving while texting, she hit a parked car. Today I am here to persuade you to not text while driving. Driving while texting, is very dangerous, costly and should be illegal to all age of drivers in all states.
There are two major dangers to worry about while driving and texting. There have been thousands of deaths due to texting while driving. The University of N. Texas Health Center reported during …show more content…
Insurance companies check phone records to determine if the driver was texting during the accident. If found guilty you can lose your claim and have out of pocket expenses with the damage done or medical bills of the victim’s. If you are responsible for a loss of life you may have court fees fighting for your time behind bars or be sued by the victim’s family. Right now you can be ticketed $110.00 and fine could double for additional offenses. A study done by Harvard University found that 330,00 people were injured and 2,600 deaths occur per year because of driving while texting. With these dangers and costs in mind along with all the lost lives from texting while driving now is the time to stop texting while driving for all