Texting And Driving Persuasive Essay

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    As I couldn't think of any personal accounts of texting and driving accidents, I recalled countless commercials I have seen. Advertising the dangers of texting and driving, not doing so,can save not only your life, but someone else’s. Like most people, I often ignore these warnings and fail to tell those who do, that they’re playing russian roulette with their life. Consequently, this commercial is similar to like any others, one person pulls out a cellphone,people who don't know that their lives

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    No texting and driving Police officers and cizitens should not be allowed to use any celluar device no matter who they are. Texting and driving is dangerous. How come police officers can have a computer and cizitens can’t text and drive? Driving a car is a big step and is very dangerous so no one should be texting and driving. In the article it states,”Texting and driving puts all the drivers sharing the road with you at risk to because you are unable to navigate the road while looking down

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    “Do not text and drive,” “Do not drink and drive.” Many have heard it said before, but how many times have adults or teens listened? Drinking or texting while driving is the leading cause of death in teens. There is an abundance of ways to prevent these accidents from happening. Texting and driving as well as drinking and driving causes accidents, fatalities, and these issues are a growing problem in the United States. Why do people, but especially teens, think it is ok to text and drive or drink

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    Help Save Lives, Don’t Text and Drive Imagine yourself driving to school one morning when, all of a sudden, you hear the familiar tune coming from your phone as it alerts you of a message you have received. Your first thought is to nonchalantly check your phone to see who it was and what they had to say. You do this and take your eyes off the road for only seconds to write a quick reply of abbreviations and emoticons. You did not realize it, but the light you were passing through had turned red as

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    Texting and Driving, Is Not Worth the Risks In 2013, according to statistics compiled by the Department of Transportation, 3,154 people died and another 424,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes caused by drivers who were distracted because they were texting or using cell phones. (PersonalinjurySanDiego.org) Unfortunately, since 2013, texting and driving related accidents have continued to rise. However, recent laws have been established to punish the distracted drivers. Some citizens believe

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    banning of texting while driving in the United States. Many states already have made texting and driving illegal. In fact every state has distracted driving laws but not all ban texting while driving, even though it is one of the highest causes for accidents in the United States (“Facts About Texting and Driving”). Texting and Driving has become a problem in today’s society, there are many causes for it, arguments about it, but there are many ideas for a solution. Texting and Driving is a distraction

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    Texting and driving is something that happens every single day, all over the world. It can be expected that almost every human being, with a cellphone, that has ever driven a vehicle, has at some point checked their mobile device while driving. Looking at it without much care or detail one would think it is no big deal to text and drive. Other people do it all the time so what does it matter? But it does matter, it matters more than some people will ever be able to comprehend. Although a vast majority

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    Technology Collides: Why Texting and Driving Don’t Mix. What laws should we have about cell phone use in cars? Mobile devices have become very popular to the point where they have had some deadly and unintended consequences. There should be more laws put in place to regulate texting while driving in order to cut back on the amount of fatal car accidents. The use of cellphones while driving should be illegal. Not only does texting while driving put the driver at risk, but it also puts the passengers

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    years texting and driving has always been a huge safety risk. In today’s world, the average person owns a device of some sort. Most people carry their cell phone or device on them daily. As a result of this, distracted driving has become an everyday problem. One major result of this issue is motor vehicle accidents. A driver that is not paying full attention to the road is more likely to get into a car accident. Many accidents that have occured can end up being fatal or even deathly. Texting and driving

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    reasons such as this, I support the idea that some states should make it illegal to drive while using a handheld cellphone. Driving with a handheld cellphone is a dangerous distracter that is just as dangerous as texting and driving, which is illegal. Accidents that involve drivers using a handheld phone can occur just as frequently as accidents involving texting and driving because the attention of the driver is focused on the

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