Texting While Driving Persuasive Essay

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Texting While Driving Not Worth It

Approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving. Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent-at 55 mph-of driving the length of an entire football field, blind. I hope to make you think twice next time you pull out your phone while driving. In 2015 alone, 3,477 people were killed, and 391,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. With teens being the largest age group reported as distracted at the time of fatal crashes. The 2015 National Occupant Protection Use Survey found that handheld cell phone use continued to be higher among female drivers than male drivers. Also, with the highest among cell phone use being between the age of 16 to 24 years old. Distraction plays a role in nearly six out of ten teen crashes. Top distractions for teens include talking to other passengers in the vehicle and using a cell phone. Although may states restrict cell phone usage by drivers, as of March 2016 no state has completely banned the use of cell phones. So far there are forty-six states who have banned text messaging for all drivers. Unfortunately, so far there are only 14 states that have a ban on driving while talking on a cell phone in
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However, I believe talking and texting should be made illegal because it is extremely dangerous for not only yourself but for others around you. Many distractions exist while driving, but cell phones are a top distraction because so many of us use them for long periods of time every day. Almost everyone has seen a driver distracted by a cell phone, but when you are the one distracted, you often don't realize that driver is you. This problem has been compared to the dangers of drunk