Texting While Driving Research Paper

Heather Wilson was a 19 year old girl attending Fairmont Junior College. She was studying criminal justice, in hopes of someday working in a forensic lab. She was looking forward to finishing at Fairmont and moving on to a four year college. Heather made a terrible mistake on the fatal night of December 29, 2009. While texting a friend she struck a guardrail doing about sixty miles per hour, causing her car to flip and slide down into a ditch costing her, her life. Texting while driving is a senseless way for people to be injured or even killed. Just imagine living out your life feeling as thou you could have prevented a death, or even life-long injury of a friend, family member, or an innocent civilian just by setting down your phone, and focusing on driving. Thinking about it you may catch yourself repeating phrases such as “That wouldn’t happen to me” or “I can multi-task”, but when it really comes down to it no one’s life, including your own is worth a text message. Each year nearly half of a million people are critically …show more content…
If you were to die from a fatal crash, because you were texting while driving, imagine the grieving that loved ones in your life would go through. What if the day that happened you were arguing to a family member or even just a close friend, and the last thing you said to them was hateful if you were to pass just because of a text you would never get the chance to set things right, that person might even feel guilty and carry that with them throughout life. Sure the physical impact of a wreck while you were texting and driving could kill you or even severely injure you, but to even think of an emotional impact that it would have on loved ones wondering if you will be alright or if you are even going to live after your wreck would be terrible. A text can wait, because without you your family might never be the