Texting Vs Driving

Is cell phone use and driving becoming worse then it was? Do teenagers and young adults have more of an urge to text/use their phones and drive than adults do? And why is it so important for teens to use their phones and drive when there are so many different things and possibilities that could go wrong and that could cause consequences and could take a life or many lives? So what is more important: that text or snapchat or somebody's life? Distracted driving among teenagers has become an immense problem now more than it ever has been before. Teens are more likely to drive while distracted, texting and using a cellphone while driving can have catastrophic consequences, and teens need to be better educated on the dangers of driving while distracted.
This shows that more kids in their older teens and early twenties are more likely to text and drive most likely because they think that they are unstoppable and that nothing can happen. They only think about changing that song or answering the text but they never think that something could actually happen to them or someone else. Teens are more immature and irresponsible than adults; adults are more mature and realize that texting and driving could kill someone, themselves, or a loved one or friend in the car with them. For example in the text “Adults Worse Than Teens Texting And Driving” it states how “Almost half of all adults admit to texting while driving in a survey by AT&T provided to USATODAY, compared with 43% of teenagers. More than 98% of adults -- almost all of them -- admit they know it's wrong but still do it. Six in 10 say they weren't doing it three years ago.”(Copeland) This shows that perhaps adults are more likely to admit to texting and driving when they are asked and well over three fourths of them see what's wrong with texting and driving but yet still over half of the people surveyed said that they still text and drive even though they see how dangerous and bad it could be. This is
In the document “More Teenage Motorists Are Texting And Using Social Media, Report Says” by Ashley Halsey III it states that “Many teens are texting or using social media behind the wheel more often than in the past, which is making an unsafe situation even worse,” said Jennifer Ryan, AAA’s director of state relations” (Halsey III, A. 5). This could cause there to be more fatalities. Teenagers are inexperienced drivers to begin with and this makes it even more dangerous. The article also states that “texting increases crash risk by 23 times… nearly 50 percent of teen drivers admitted they had read a text message or email while driving in the past 30 days. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicated that from 2007 to 2014, the percentage of young drivers seen visibly manipulating a hand held device quadrupled” (Halsey III, A. 5). The devices the teens use can distract the kids and make them not even think about all the possible things that happen. A teenage could listen to someone tell them a story about how they lost their family in a crash because of someone texting and driving. Then once the teenage is driving home they get a text or a notification and check their phone not even remembering what they were just told compared to before they wouldnt do that as much. Today there are more temptations when