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The Importance Of Texting While Driving

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The time I gave into outside pressure would be when I was about the age of 18. It was thanksgiving brake and me and my friends were already in need of a desperate brake from college. My friends suggested us to go down to Texas for the weekend, but for us to take my car instead since their car wasn’t in any good condition. At the age of 18 I already had my licenses of course but didn’t have much experience driving in different states, much less using the GPS on my phone. My friends were trying to convince me that wouldn’t be a problem that they would help me drive, as well help me with gas money and other expenses while down there. The problem was that I knew my parents wasn’t going to let me drive my car to a different state just us alone without supervision. My two friends wouldn’t have a problem because they lived on their own and had no one to tell them that they couldn’t go. …show more content…

Our plan was too tell my parents that we were going black Friday shopping which started around 12am back then. My parents were a little unsure about the idea but gave me permission anyways telling me not to get home to late. What my parents didn’t know was that I wasn’t going to be coming back because in reality we were going to Texas for the weekend. Before we left I knew that if they saw it was getting to late they would give me a call, so before I left I wrote them a letter explaining the truth to where we were really going. I did this because I knew I wouldn’t have enough courage to say on the phone where I was at when they would ask me. I placed the letter under the pillow and off we went to Texas for the weekend or so we

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