“Even some teens are acknowledging that 16 years old are not ready to face the life-threatening risks that drivers can encounter behind the wheel” (Teen Driving). In this citation, the author explains how teenagers at this age think; driving is fun and exciting until they end up putting themselves and their friends or family in danger.
Customarily, within the United States at a mere sixteen years old, many young adults are obtaining their driver’s licenses. In truth, it is a really good thing for America’s youth as it not only promotes independence among the future generations, but it also opens doors to new responsibilities. However,as Spider Man once said, with great power comes great responsibility. This still holds true as with the great power of driving, comes a great deal of responsibility for the lives of everyone on the road. I pledge to not text and drive because not only do I put my life at risk, but also the lives of those who are on or around the road as well.
States have the opportunity to lead the way in saving lives by making it illegal to use a cell phone while driving. This would help to reduce the number of accidents caused by distracted driving. Distracted driving has become a deadly problem, according to the National Highway Safety Administration, over 3,000 deaths were caused by distracted driving in 2021. This is pretty alarming and needs to be addressed in order to make our roads safer. Although some people think states should not make it illegal to use hand held cell phones while driving, others understand that states should make it illegal to use hand held phones while driving because it would lead to reduced risk of injury and death, and it would reduce property damage.
I believe that teen’s cause more car crashes because they’re new to driving and don’t know the full responsibilities to the rules of the road. There are many different scenarios that lead to car wrecks, injuries and even deaths, such as texting while operating a vehicle, under the influence, and general lack of knowledge. Texting and
Teens practicing their driving more in general, as well as having more experience in potential serious scenarios, would greatly help the cause. Also, teens discussing serious local accidents can make them more aware of just how possible it is for this dilemma to become their own dilemma. A foolproof way to make teens drive more safely is for their parents to make them pay their own tickets and fines (#9). Ultimately, one of the biggest influences for teens is their family, and how their families drive is no exception. Passengers are a huge problem in regards to teen driving.
Have you ever seen someone texting and driving? Well, it 's not a good routine. Text messaging creates a crash risk twenty-three times worse than driving while not distracted. The fines are a really small amount of money in most states, which provides a very little incentive to not do it. Also, people shouldn 't text and drive because it is very dangerous and there is a serious risk of injury or death.
National Awareness while Driving “It was the day before Thanksgiving 2005, Patrick Sims a ‘Text Messaging Champ’, was driving home from a Denver-area video store, when he accidentally killed a man riding a bicycle. Patrick was texting a friend, looking up just in time to catch sight of the bicyclist slamming into his windshield, shattering the passenger side window and denting the hood of his Chevy Cobalt.” (Schindehette 121). “Three days passed when word came that the victim, an athletic cycling fanatic and the married father of two grown daughters, had been taken off life support and died.
Over recent years, people have been fascinated with being more and more convenient with their time. Some of these results have been helpful, but one specific example of this turning into a dangerous problem that many teens and young adults are doing, is texting while driving. “In 2011, the most recent year available, 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 injured in distracted-driving crashes,”(Copeland). My solution to this problem would be to promote voice to text, and calling someone instead of texting. A good amount of people use the “hey Siri” option on their phone and text that way, but many people still don't use it, don't know how to use it, or think,”it's too much work.”
Text and Die There are at least 1.6 million crashes from texting and driving each year. 11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving. According to AAA poll, 94% of teens know the dangers of texting and driving, but even though they know, 35% admitted to doing it anyways. 21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones. Teens need to put their knowledge into action and stop texting and driving.
Talking on the phone while driving poses many dangers that a lot of people seem unable to see. Most people simply won't admit that talking on their phone makes them more dangerous on the road. However, studies have shown that super-taskers make up only 2.5% of average Americans. It doesn't matter whether or not drivers use their hands while talking on the phone and driving, because the conversation itself is what distracts them. When you are having an important conversation over the phone that involves a lot of thinking, and you are far more distracted than if you were simply telling someone you're on the way home.
I have taken the liberty to communicate my discomfort to you, the members of the department. Recently, I have witnessed an issues expand itself and I, as a concerned citizen, am reaching out to you with the intention of drawing awareness to it. I have resided in Charlotte for over five years and it had never been brought to my attention the fact that the “texting while driving” laws are not enforced as strongly as they should be enforced. I have been driving by myself for less than one year, and needless to say, the amount of times I have almost been hit by a person using a phone while driving are too many to be counted. Although this is a national issue, I ask for a small change starting in Charlotte.
Texting while driving is so dangerous. What could be that important it can't wait? Value yourself and others. Know that it's just as easy to find a safe place, as it is to texting. It only takes seconds to regret and lose everything.
You are texting while driving, you know that's not good, but you think just one little peek can’t hurt. 2,443,000 of people die just at looking at a text. Please don’t risk your life just by looking at a text. That's why they should improve technology. The first reason is that they should improve technology is that so less people die.
Going into this topic, I knew very little. I understood that texting and driving is illegal for everyone. Also, I knew that in Iowa, talking on a cell phone for anyone under eighteen years of age is illegal. There are also laws that are for commercial vehicles in regards the use of hand held devices versus hands free devices. Along with this, I knew that in our lives we encounter distractions all the time, which is especially bad if you are driving.
Our lives are unbelievably valuable so we should do everything rational to avoid deaths. Nowadays, teenagers are specifically dangerous due to their recklessness and they are the ones that are more likely to commit car accidents. Delaying when they get their driver’s license, the roads will be more secure. If the age of driving is increased, the amount of car crashes will decrease. For instance, teens think that they’re fearless, which is why they take silly risks unlike mature drivers.
