Our modern society, as a whole, is addicted to cell phones. If you text and drive, the bottom line is, you are extremely selfish. Anytime someone I’m driving next to begins to text and drive, they decided for me that MY life is worth the risk, just so they can read or send a meaningless text. Even though I don’t ever text and drive, I am forced to share the roads with people who do. When you text and drive, you are putting my life and the lives of the ones I love at risk. That’s right, I’m getting personal for a second here. #11 – Texting And Driving Puts MY Life At Risk Teens and even adults still don’t get how dangerous it really is.
Many people wonder why there are so many commercials about texting and driving.
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According to a poll in the United States, 40% of teen drivers admitted that they have participated in texting and driving in the past 30 days.
#12 – Approximately 40% Of Teens Admit To Texting And DrivingĮven though the dangers of texting and driving are well documented, this has done very little to keep teen drivers from texting and driving. In just 2018 alone, 2,800 were people killed due to texting and driving. Still don’t think texting and driving is dangerous? In a recent study, it was discovered that approximately 18% of all fatal crashes are caused by texting and driving. #13 – Texting And Driving Makes Up 18% Of All Fatal Crashes If we create the distraction knowing they are driving, aren’t we partially at fault? Do not put yourself in a situation where someone you care about was hurt because they were replying to your text message. Most of us are guilty of sending a text message to someone we know is driving.
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While ultimately a driver has the last say in whether they read a text message or not, we need to support our friends, co-workers, and family members when we know they are on the road. #14 – Reducing Texting And Driving Isn’t The Sole Responsibility Of Drivers Here is a link containing more information about this study. If traveling at 55 mph, this equals driving the length of a football field without looking at the road. In controlled studies, people would report looking at the phone for fractions of a second, but the real average was about 5 seconds that their eyes were off the road. When drivers text and drive, their eyes are taken off the road. #15 – Texting Takes Longer To Text Than You Think Here are 15 facts about texting and driving to serve as more reasons why it’s just a bad idea. How many times can someone texting and driving get away with it? Those stats are yet to be determined, but we can all agree that it just isn’t worth the risk even one time. They get away with it once and think, “Hey, that wasn’t so bad.” This just makes a driver more confident that they can get away with it again, and again, and again until eventually they are caught.Īccording to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the average driver arrested for DUI is usually caught after they have already driven drunk around 80 times. In some ways, the reasons people drink and drive are very similar to the reasons people text and drive. The reasons people continue to text and drive are numerous, but it all boils down to one thing… People who text and drive believe they are good enough to get away with it. While most people do realize that texting and driving is dangerous, there are still a significant amount of drivers who continue to text and drive. Texting and driving is a major issue in our society today.
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