Examples Of Persuasive Speech On Texting While Driving

Texting while driving is the act of composing sending text messages, email, or browsing web while driving a car. The issue of texting while driving is too many people think they can do both focus on the road and text .” The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed nearly 1,700 videos that capture the actions of teen drivers in the moments before a crash. It found that distractions were a factor in nearly 6 of 10 moderate to severe crashes. That's four times the rate in many previous official estimates that were based on police reports” (Lowey). Although, some people don’t think texting while driving isn’t a big deal but texting while driving is like being drunk

In the study, they used three psychological factors to explain the implication of phone usage while driving. They are the perception of ability to compensate (overestimating one ability), illusion of control, and controlling cognitive

Injury is the single biggest killer of Australian youth; more than all other causes combined.(1) The topic of this report will be to research the effectiveness of the current laws regarding the graduated licence system, focusing on 16-24 year old drivers and the measures that must be taken, to counteract and eliminate the effects that immaturity and inexperience

FATALITIES: In 2012, 3,328 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver; 3,360 were killed in 2011.

While there are many dangers people worry about on the road, many of those dangers include distractions or habits that can be easily stopped and crashes related to those distractions could be stopped if the habits were broken. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year, and 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1.9 million injuries and crashes could be avoided if cell phone use and habits were stopped or cracked down on. There are different types of distracted driving including visual, cognitive, and manual, cell phone use includes all three.

Texting and driving is a very serious problem in America. It is the leading cause of deaths among teenagers. “At any given daylight moment across America , approximately six hundred thousand drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving.” (Distracted Driving: Facts and

In the essay, “Turn Car On; Turn Phone Off”, we see research done at Harvard University shows that distracted drivers on cell phones cause roughly 2,600 fatalities crashed each year and 570,000 accidents. (115) Distracted driving is driving while doing another activity, thus having your attention taken away from the task at hand, which is driving. While there could potentially be several types of distractions that could occur while driving, texting causes you to take your eyes off the road, remove your hands from the steering wheel and it takes your mind off the road. Drivers who text and drive put their lives and the lives of others on the road at risk for injury and even death.

82% is the highest distraction rate for drivers ages 16-20. 77% of those distracted drivers are confident that they can text and drive and prevent accidents.The main issue is that 10% of young adults text and are outside of their lanes. Texting while driving makes you become blind for approximately 5 seconds at a time and it slows your brake reaction by a whole 18%. It has become so common that 14 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have prohibited drivers from using handheld devices while driving for the protection

Texting and driving isn’t good because you could be into a car accident. You can cause so many deaths with just glancing off of the road. Many times that people are texting and driving there is an accident. Nearly 300,000 injuries are caused and created by texting and driving. Automobile accidents are a major cause of death in America. Driver inattention, which includes the use of cell phones, is the leading cause of traffic accidents of which texting while driving is considered the most dangerous part of using a cell phone.

“In 2009, more than 2.3 million adult drivers and passengers in the United States sought medical attention following involvement in a motor vehicle crash. Of these individuals, 416,000 (18%) reports being injured in crashes involving a distracted driver” (Ferdinand 859). If someone makes the reckless decision to take their eyes off the road they are risking a lot. Someone might argue that it is only for a couple of seconds but just think of all the things that could happen during those few seconds. The person in front of you could slam on their brakes, someone could run out in the road not knowing you were coming, the light could turn red. All horrible things that could happen in just a few seconds. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration texting and driving was the reason for eighteen percent of all crashes in 2012 (1). Having someone in the car with you is a huge responsibility that should not be taken lightly. Texting and driving or even just reading a text while someone else is in your vehicle not only puts your life on the line but theirs too. The authors of driving- test.org brought up a great question how would you feel knowing that your ignorance lead to major injury or the death of some innocent person or maybe even your best friend

When your behind the wheel, your specific actions can either cause or prevent an accident. There are three types of distraction that can be experienced while driving: visual which is the driver taking its eyes off the road. Manual, which is taking the drivers hand off the steering wheel. Cognitive is the last distraction which is taking your mind off of driving. From texting, to calling, to using navigational systems, people are always finding ways to use their mobile while driving on the road. With all of these reasons to take your mind from driving there are obviously consequences to doing those actions. Over two and half million people in the United States are involved in road accidents each year. Of these, 1.6 million of the people had cell phones used. One out of 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving and that 's just in the United States! Sending text messages while driving distracts the driver from the main task which is driving the car safely. There are many solution to using your phone while driving and some of them are silencing the phone while driving to avoid any temptations to respond to a text or call, turn off the phone completely, or put the phone on the trunk of the vehicle.

Most teens think that texting and driving isn’t such a major deal, well it is. Texting and driving has become a recent issue in today’s society. Many teens , have formed a habit of using their cell phones while driving. It is distracting and the probabilities of getting involved in a car accident are higher than you are. A woman,Kena H, shares her story of how she lost people from texting and driving. “I lost my best friend, who was also my baby brother on Sept.11, 2010 due to distracted driving, so your message hits home hard for me. My brother, a single father of 2, was my next door neighbor every morning we would leave for work around the same time, now every morning I leave my

There are many distractions while driving, especially for new drivers on the road. Not only are there people walking or jogging from place to place, but there is wildlife bounding across the road, along with the radio playing the latest pop music and passengers chatting away in the back seat. According to the Policy Genius (2016) article, people who text are “up to twenty-three percent more likely to get into a car crash than other drivers,” and continues with saying the “National Safety Council estimated that almost 350,000 automobile crashes involved someone texting” (page1). Newly licensed drivers are limited on the number of people they can have in the car with them. Distracting people in the car versus texting and driving can be compared, but the incidence of texting and driving is definitely on the higher scale. All of this causes parents to worry about their children while they are on the road which could be eased with the solution of the texting being

Technology has improved throughout the years making texting the most common and efficient way to communicate with one another. But has it gone too far? As cell phones improve, so does the urge to text someone no matter what, even if driving. Texting and other forms of social media are distractions that can the cause many deaths and injuries on the road.

“People texting worries me more than people calling people because texting is more dangerous than talking on the phone because you can pay more attention to the road when talking than texting... a ninth- tenth grade boy stated, when you are on the phone you are not aware on what is going on” (Madden and Lenhart 2-3). Places that banned hand held phones are still having trouble enforcing the law because other individuals try to hide their phones and still be on them while driving. “18 states and the District of Columbia have passed the laws banning texting while driving” (Hanes 5). The National Transportation