Pros And Cons Of Distracted Driving

Distracted driving
Assignment A, summary of the video “Distracted driving killing more American teens”
Ryan Dydone was a completely normal teenager, who unfortunately was a victim of distracted driving. In the fall 2008 Ryan and four of his friends was in a car accident caused by of distracted driving.
The driver lost control of the car and hit a tree, which lead to Ryan Dydone’s death and severe trauma for the others in the car. Ryan was only 15 years old.
Ryan Dido’s father, Thomas Dydone, had been in the police department of Montgomery Country for about 25 years. His father concluded that the driver of the car had been inexperienced, immature and they had felt they were invincible.
More than 4000 teenagers lose their lives every year in the US because of distracted driving. That is why Ray La Hood has concluded, that distracted driving has become an epidemic. He calls it an epidemic because most teenagers and young adults own telephones, and they think that they can text and drive at the same time, which they cannot.
Ads and commercials has been used to raise awareness on the subject.

I do not see it as if there are pros and cons on the subject, but one of the cons is defiantly death. Ryan Dydone from the video “Distracted driving killing more American teens” became a victim of distracted driving. Apparently, he was only 15 years old, and it is truly heart breaking, that someone that young has to die, just because someone was distracted while driving. You get a certain amount of responsibility when you drive with others in the car, I believe, and when you get that much responsibility on your hands, then you should not joke about it. You should be able to – for example – drive carefully and not mess around while driving. In my head, it sounds very childish that some people – grown-ups even! - are not able to focus on driving and not doing anything else at the same