Imagine that you're on your way to McDonalds in your new Chevy Silverado. You've heard all the commercials and TV psas warning you against texting and driving, but your best friend, Becky, just texted you. She's been going through a rough patch with her parents and you want to support her emotionally, so you pick up the phone and read her text. In that moment you don't see the old man in his smart car and his vision prevents him from seeing you. You t-bone him in the middle of the intersection and the old man goes into cardiac arrest. The paramedics can't save him. The text said, "Hey Hailey, pick me up some french fries?" was it worth it? The old man's life was sacrificed for the request of greasy fast food, but others have died for less.…show more content… My mother looked up just in time to swerve us around the deer, but if she hadn't been so slow to move the car out of the way, then I wouldn't have a bruise on my shoulder from the seat belt. Using a handheld phone while driving increased the time it took my mother to yank the car out of the deer's path, as she was too focused on her phone to deal with the dirty mongrel in front of her. This was dangerous to my mother, my sister, and I as we all could've been seriously injured if she had stayed on her phone for another second. Texting and driving distracts the driver from what is happening on the road. While reading their texts or clicking on a song, users are blissfully unaware of what is happening on the road as scientific studies have proved time and time again that the brain is physically incapable of focusing on two things at once, such as one's Instagram post and an oncoming traffic light. Double tapping a cute picture of koala is more than enough distraction to keep you from seeing an oncoming car, or running off the road at a dead end. Using a handheld cell phone and driving can limit the driver's ability to steer properly. Holding a phone while driving forces the driver to either drive with only one hand, or hold the phone
