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Persuasive Essay On Texting And Driving

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Many of us feel as if our cellphones are a demand in our life, this has caused a growing issue with texting and driving. We use cellphones for many different things mainly communication with others. Communication by texting, calling, and even videos. Statistics show that texting and driving is worse than drinking and driving. People often text while driving home and when they get home they don’t remember driving all because of them texting. Car accidents are the second leading reasons for death in the United States. 11 teens die every day from texting and driving. 43 states plus D.C prohibit texting and driving. Texting and driving takes your eyes off the road, both hands off the steering wheel and takes your focus away from safe driving. Traveling at 55mph when you look away for five seconds you have already driven the length of a football field. The possibility of a car accident involving a cellphone is 1 and 4. There are 40% of teens who said they have been in the car with friends or families that are using cellphones while driving. In 2013 341,00 vehicle crashes involved cell phones. Two seconds is all the time you have to look away from the road safely but it takes five seconds to send a text message on average. It is obvious that texting and driving has caused a toll in today’s world. In May 5th 2015 Oklahoma state governor Mary Fallen signed a house of bill where all mobile communication must not be used while driving. Texting and driving has become a norm to some people especially with all the advancement in smartphones. Some companies have gone about this situation where they put restrictions on the cellphone where when a vehicle is in motion there is no access to the phone. Even some insurance companies offer rewards for drivers who don’t have accidents in a certain amount of time. They also now have parent-child apps where when a minor is texting and driving it notifies the parent. Police also has cracked down on texting and driving. Fines has gone up and it also shows on when trying to get a new insurance policy. Many insurance companies will not cover you if you have a lot of texting and driving tickets on your record. There are many reasons why you or someone should stop texting and driving.

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