Texting While Driving
Ashura Klaffer
Mrs. Neibch
English 4
22 March 2013
“Should texting and driving have more serious consequences?” Most think before they drink and drive, but most do not think twice about texting and driving. Next time you are in the driver’s seat and about to pull out your cell phone, think twice and think about the dangers involved in text while driving. In today’s lifestyle, text messaging is a main form of communication. People impulsively respond to that buzz of their cell phones and often tune out the surroundings. Texting while driving takes away the one thing that absolutely everyone counts on while behind the wheel, vision. Eyes are the most important thing needed when driving and when not on the road a lot of harm can be caused. Unfortunately, …show more content…
When drivers are on the road while texting others grow to be apprehensive and intimidated. At 55 miles per hour it takes 5 seconds to travel the length of a football field without looking at the road. In 2011 at least 23% of auto mobile accidents involved cell phones, which is 1.3 million crashes; one teen from Idaho totaled two cars in the span of about a year, texting at the time of both crashes (“DWI: Driving While Intexticated”). The most complicated thing to comprehend is regardless of the fact that people always hear about catastrophic car accidents concerning distracted drivers, the public still continue to text at the wheel of a vehicle. Also to most people they may assume that young women are doing the texting while driving more often, age and sex does not matter in this situation. It is all men and women that do it and nobody can say otherwise. The same number of men and women text and drive and all of them know that is …show more content…
A person who is driving recklessly may have a willful disregard of safety, or may simply have a wonton attitude about the rules of the road. Each year, more than 80% of drivers cite distraction as a serious problem and a behavior that makes them feel less safe on the road. Nearly half of all people who say they feel less safe than they did five years ago also say distracted driving by other drivers fuels their concerns. There are an abundance of accidents that come about when the sun is not up and people look at their phone then towards the road and still seeing the light of the phone. Ryan Christopher John, 24, of Greenbelt, was driving east in the westbound on lanes of Route 50 near the Bay Dale Drive overpass, when at approximately 4:30 a.m., he struck a Kia driven by Michael Dickinson Gurd, 23, of Bethesda, who was driving in the westbound middle lane of the highway, head on. Ryan John was shortly released from the hospital although Michael Dickinson was forced to stay for days (Rasmussen). If someone drives recklessly, they’re more likely to slowly go into another lane and cause an accident; whether or not they are injured it is still their fault considering they were the ones not paying attention. Distracted drivers are not only a threat to themselves but to others on the road. Forcing higher risk on others is
Mrs. Neibch
English 4
22 March 2013
“Should texting and driving have more serious consequences?” Most think before they drink and drive, but most do not think twice about texting and driving. Next time you are in the driver’s seat and about to pull out your cell phone, think twice and think about the dangers involved in text while driving. In today’s lifestyle, text messaging is a main form of communication. People impulsively respond to that buzz of their cell phones and often tune out the surroundings. Texting while driving takes away the one thing that absolutely everyone counts on while behind the wheel, vision. Eyes are the most important thing needed when driving and when not on the road a lot of harm can be caused. Unfortunately, …show more content…
When drivers are on the road while texting others grow to be apprehensive and intimidated. At 55 miles per hour it takes 5 seconds to travel the length of a football field without looking at the road. In 2011 at least 23% of auto mobile accidents involved cell phones, which is 1.3 million crashes; one teen from Idaho totaled two cars in the span of about a year, texting at the time of both crashes (“DWI: Driving While Intexticated”). The most complicated thing to comprehend is regardless of the fact that people always hear about catastrophic car accidents concerning distracted drivers, the public still continue to text at the wheel of a vehicle. Also to most people they may assume that young women are doing the texting while driving more often, age and sex does not matter in this situation. It is all men and women that do it and nobody can say otherwise. The same number of men and women text and drive and all of them know that is …show more content…
A person who is driving recklessly may have a willful disregard of safety, or may simply have a wonton attitude about the rules of the road. Each year, more than 80% of drivers cite distraction as a serious problem and a behavior that makes them feel less safe on the road. Nearly half of all people who say they feel less safe than they did five years ago also say distracted driving by other drivers fuels their concerns. There are an abundance of accidents that come about when the sun is not up and people look at their phone then towards the road and still seeing the light of the phone. Ryan Christopher John, 24, of Greenbelt, was driving east in the westbound on lanes of Route 50 near the Bay Dale Drive overpass, when at approximately 4:30 a.m., he struck a Kia driven by Michael Dickinson Gurd, 23, of Bethesda, who was driving in the westbound middle lane of the highway, head on. Ryan John was shortly released from the hospital although Michael Dickinson was forced to stay for days (Rasmussen). If someone drives recklessly, they’re more likely to slowly go into another lane and cause an accident; whether or not they are injured it is still their fault considering they were the ones not paying attention. Distracted drivers are not only a threat to themselves but to others on the road. Forcing higher risk on others is