Texting and Drunk Driving
Texting and Drinking While Driving
While being behind the wheel in a vehicle, he or she should always be alert and aware of what they’re doing. A good amount of recent car accidents have been from feeble-minded people driving while intoxicated, or texting when they should be focusing on the road. In my opinion not one is more dangerous than the other because they’re both life threatening.
There are many similarities and differences between texting while driving and driving while drunk. One that everyone should be aware of is that they’re both illegal.
The wireless communications device (no texting) law took effect January 1, 2009. If he or she is seen texting while operating a vehicle, the base fine for the first offense is $20 and $50 for subsequent convictions. With penalty assessments, the fine can be more than triple the base fine amount. If he or she is caught drinking and driving they are taken to jail usually on the spot. In the law world drinking and driving is taken more offensively then texting, but I feel those laws are changing. The way I see it, there both equally dangerous. When preforming one of these life threatening acts it causes he or she to become distracted; It takes the drivers visual, manual and cognitive attention away from the road. Texting and driving takes the driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. People often don’t realize anything can happen in those few seconds. It only takes a second to run somebody over, or slam into another car. Drinking and driving takes the driver’s focus from the road by 32%, causing blur and motions to their vision that they normally wouldn’t be dealing with if they were sober.
The biggest concern I have with both drunk driving and texting while driving is that they both cause accidents, injuries and deaths. These three outcomes sadly happen every day from careless people ignoring the laws. Texting and driving causes
11 deaths every day,
While being behind the wheel in a vehicle, he or she should always be alert and aware of what they’re doing. A good amount of recent car accidents have been from feeble-minded people driving while intoxicated, or texting when they should be focusing on the road. In my opinion not one is more dangerous than the other because they’re both life threatening.
There are many similarities and differences between texting while driving and driving while drunk. One that everyone should be aware of is that they’re both illegal.
The wireless communications device (no texting) law took effect January 1, 2009. If he or she is seen texting while operating a vehicle, the base fine for the first offense is $20 and $50 for subsequent convictions. With penalty assessments, the fine can be more than triple the base fine amount. If he or she is caught drinking and driving they are taken to jail usually on the spot. In the law world drinking and driving is taken more offensively then texting, but I feel those laws are changing. The way I see it, there both equally dangerous. When preforming one of these life threatening acts it causes he or she to become distracted; It takes the drivers visual, manual and cognitive attention away from the road. Texting and driving takes the driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. People often don’t realize anything can happen in those few seconds. It only takes a second to run somebody over, or slam into another car. Drinking and driving takes the driver’s focus from the road by 32%, causing blur and motions to their vision that they normally wouldn’t be dealing with if they were sober.
The biggest concern I have with both drunk driving and texting while driving is that they both cause accidents, injuries and deaths. These three outcomes sadly happen every day from careless people ignoring the laws. Texting and driving causes
11 deaths every day,