Texting And Driving Persuasive Essay

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    Texting while driving can hurt or kill you or an innocent bystander. You are more prone to crash when you are texting and driving. “If you text and drive, you are 23 times more likely to have a car crash” (www.don’ttextanddrive.com) You are not paying any attention to the road and you might run a red light or a stop sign. You could swerve off the road and hit a pole or a person. It is really dangerous and could cost you a lot of money. You could total your car and you may have to pay medical bill

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    state, say someone is driving and they crash into a cell phone poll. That's money the state have to pay not the person who wasn't pay attention. Its not about what people want its about what's best from them. For those states that have already past the law they are the ones doing the right thing. They're doing it to protect citizens from making poor choices while driving.If people understand that if they are caught in the act of being on your cell phone while driving they'll be in trouble.

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    How many people die every year from texting and driving? Texting and driving is bad because many people die every year, medical bills are high, and car insurance gets high to. People should stop trying to multitask and drive. Wait to text when you are out of the car not on the road, and pay attention to your surroundings. National data show cellphones were involved in 350 fatal crashes in 2011 according to (Kratsas), USA,UsaToday. Many people die because when people take their eyes off the road

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    emails, and updates. Cellphones use while driving has been ranked the number one killer today. Most teens and adults believe they can text and drive, safely. However, in just one second of not looking at the road, your whole life could change for the worse. There are many danger and consequences that come with text while driving. Statistics prove how it has become the most death causing factor. The dangers of texting while driving can be quite horrific, texting takes your attention from the road resulting

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    many things. We need to use our mobile device for mostly anything we do, but should we text and drive? Should the use of cell phone be banned while a driver is driving? According to the article “volunteer for social”, “77 percent of teens claim that adults tell them to not text and drive, yet adults do it themselves” and “texting and driving makes a crash up to 23 times more likely to happens.” From personal experience, drivers who text and drive the driver is not able to maintain in a single road

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    Oh I better open this snap that I just got from Brandon lets open this.CRASH! *SIRENS*.Texting and driving causes many accidents and deaths every day. Costs a lot of money to fix wreckage.Causes deaths Can also cost a lot of money for injuries.Texting and driving should be illegal in every state.Approximately one out of every four cars will get into a car accident, because of this a lot of people get injured and have to pay medical bills and some people don’t have insurance Usually the average costs

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    On the 21st of July 2015 in Minnesota a young teen is charged for murder. On that day, Carlee R. Bollig, 17, had been texting and updating her Facebook while driving with a few friends giving zero concerns as to what was happening around her as she was driving. As she was driving and playing on her phone her very own friends repeatedly told her to get off her phone and pay attention to the road but Mrs. Bollig disregarded her friends and told her friends that she "didn't car if she had crashed" only

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    Imagine driving to work and out of nowhere a car is veering into the same lane, almost causing a crash. Lately, getting easily distracted by a small device on roadways has led to more teen deaths. Being able to get a license may be a big dream for many, but can become frightening in a matter of seconds. In today’s society, texting and driving is one of the many big problems in the United States. Being able to send a message through text without picking up the phone, via speaker, to have a conversation

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    daylight hours, about 660,000 people across the U.S. are using cellphones or other electronic devices while they are driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Using cellphones while driving, particularly to read or send text messages, can impact people’s ability to drive safely, and thus result in serious motor vehicle collisions. What makes texting while driving dangerous? Among the distractions motorists face while on the road, text messaging is one of the most dangerous

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    the dangers about texting and driving. You never thought you'd be injured because of the danger, but you or someone you care about has been, and a personal injury law firm might be able to help. So many people are injured and killed every year in accidents caused by texting and other types of distracted driving, such as eating, thousands a year. It is unfortunate, but not surprising if you may have been a victim. If you have been in an accident involving someone else driving recklessly while using

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