Personal Narrative Essay: Don T Text And Drive Scholarship

Don’t Text and Drive Scholarship Ever since I have grown up, cell phones have always been apart of my life. I received my first cell phone in the third grade. So, I’ve had a cell phone from a young age till now. Back then, texting and driving was not such a big deal because not everyone had a phone. However, nowadays just about everyone owns a cell phone, even at a younger age. Since kids are starting to grow up with phones they are becoming more attached to it. Just about everyone I know texts and drives. My mom always tells me not to, but even when she drives, she will do it. All of my friends text and drive, but it seems like the girls do it more than the guys. We have a group chat and there will be many messages and I have seen the girls swerve on the road because they are looking at their phone. I think everyone agrees on the fact that it is not good to text and drive, but they cannot handle themselves not to do it. Today, there are gadgets in the car that include using your phone: like bluetooth and voice command. With bluetooth, your phone connects to the car radio and you play music, taking your attention away from the road if you're searching
The reason she got rear ended was because the teen was on his phone texting. Then my mom’s friend was on the interstate driving, and she rolled her car because she was texting. Now she has to get surgery because of the accident she caused. Then there was a story in May where a school bus driver got fired for texting and driving. Why would she risk 50 children’s lives? Texting and driving makes me livid, because what if the teen was going faster, he could have injured my sister and my nephew because of one text. The lady that rolled her car is lucky she didn’t injure anyone besides herself. It is relieving that the bus driver got fired, because all of the children were in her hands and she couldn’t handle