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How To Overcome Distracted?

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There are things that people can do to prevent getting distracted. People always want to do things at the same time. Doing things at the same time is dangerous for people’s health. To avoid temptation, people can turn off their phone when they get into the car (“The Travelers Indemnity Company”). Drivers can find a safe place to pull over to pick up something that they dropped or to get something from the backseat. So drivers can be more focused on the road, they can choose a voice activated GPS so they won’t be taking their eyes off the road and glancing at the GPS. For females, they can wait until they get to the place they are going to go to and then they can check their hair and makeup. Drivers should eat before they get into the car …show more content…

Others might say that people will not learn anything. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, distracted driving was the #1 killer in road deaths that they investigated in 2013 and it passed drunk driving (Moneo). Distracted driving is proving to be more dangerous than drunk driving. Insurance rates can go up for drivers. The Insurance Corporation of B.C. stated that the insurance rates are going up by 5.2 percent for all of the drivers due to distracted driving (Moneo). Distracted driving is the leading reason for rear-end crashes. Police were given the right to temporarily take cell phones away from drivers caught using them while they were driving. According to Shannon Moneo, writer of the newspaper “Ottawa Citizen”, “If lawmakers truly want to stop the carnage caused by distracted driving, they should raise fines to at least $1,000 for the first conviction and steeply accelerate fines thereafter for repeat offenders” (Moneo). If people want to stop distracted driving, they should raise the fine the first time they are caught and then increase the fine each time for people that continue to do it. Although I agree that there should be tougher laws so people can not get distracted while they drive, like raising the fines, I still believe that drivers will still keep on doing it. They are just going to pay the fine and then do the same thing and educating people would be …show more content…

Drivers are going to stop getting distracted while they are driving. In the future, people are going to be focused on driving. All of the drivers are going to put their effort into not getting distracted while they are driving. There are multiple things that drivers can do to prevent getting distracted. Some examples include turning off their phone, pulling over to pick something up and waiting until they arrive somewhere to fix their makeup. Teens driving their own cars are more likely to get distracted than those who share a car with others. For example, 20% of teens who share cars had texted while driving compared to 35% of teens with their own cars (Copeland). If this is not solved, people are going to continue to get injured or even die. Teenagers that are barely learning how to drive need to learn the dangers of distracted driving before they drive on the road. People need to be focused on driving so they can not get in a crash with someone else. Distracted driving is a big issue that needs to be fixed. There are plenty of dangers that can be prevented. There are a majority of people that have experienced distracted driving. Other people that are just walking down the street can also get injured or killed due to distracted drivers or even drunk drivers. If drivers stop distracted driving, the roads will be

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