Essays about Texting And Driving

Texting and driving has become a prevalent problem in recent years, despite the widespread knowledge of its dangers. The Distracted Driving Statistics article reports that the National Safety Council estimates that over 1.6 million crashes annually involve drivers who are using cell phones and texting. In an effort to reduce texting while driving, AT&T launched…

“ THE TRAIN WON ” that’s what the news read on April 12th 2007, the day before I had got a phone call and it was my cousin Molly she wanted to talk to me about some problems that she was having. She wanted to come and get me and take me riding around, since…

Religion today is an influential topic. It plays a major role in the lives of teenagers and young adults in general, and many positive benefits can come from it. For example, the young children/teenagers that declare religion is essential, are less involved in dangerous behavior, instead take part in activities that are positive such as…

Around 80% of teenagers today possess cell phones, making them a significant proportion of the driving population. Many experts believe that teenagers engage in texting while driving due to their lesser sense of responsibility compared to adults. However, it is essential to understand where they acquire these negative behaviors. Adults and parents should take the…

In “Lawmakers send a message to drivers with `DWT’ ban”, published in The Los Angeles Times, Sam H. Verhovek questions how affective the ban of texting and driving is. Verhovek says many states are taking notice of the affects of driving and texting and how big of an issue this really is. He also discusses…

When someone makes the decision to text and drive, they are not only risking their own safety, but everyone else on the road that day. They could hurt or kill other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. If that were to happen, imagine how guilty the person on the other end of the phone would feel. Not…

Texting and driving is a big safety risk that can cause the driver and innocent bystanders to be killed or injured. Texting is very important and a big issue today, due to the number of deaths that has occurred. Having an innocent life taken away because a person couldn’t wait to text until after the…

Texting has become the biggest part of life in today’s society. People spend more time texting each other than they do actually having a face to face conversation. Texting has become so common that people text in class, at work, and even while driving. Although texting can have its own consequences in the classroom or…

Skilled driver or not, texting & driving is super dangerous. The age group between sixteen and 24 are the main culprits. The price tag for texting and driving can be big, and it has been around for way to long. “Text messaging has been around for a dozen Years ……. It is a dangerous distraction…

Only 84% of Oklahomans wear their seat-belt. Car wrecks are one of the leading causes of death among Americans and the numbers go up every day (Statistics from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Traffic Safety Facts and National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS)). People underestimate how dangerous it is to not be wearing a seatbelt…