Texting While Driving Outline

Ban on Texting

Thesis: Texting while driving is a hazard to everyone who drives on the road, a ban on texting while driving will prevent this hazard and save peoples lives.

I. Intro

a. Give brief overview of the history of texting
b. Discuss the problems of texting while driving
c. Thesis State -make texting while driving illegal

II. Body

a. Discuss all of the places where texting while driving is illegal and how it has helped
b. Discuss how it has been advertised to stop texting while driving.
i. Ex: Oprah
c. Propose that texting while driving should be illegal in all states.
i. Discuss how to do this and how people can help – petitions, talking to congressmen.
d. Accidents and texting while driving
i.
This includes support from both high profile individuals and major corporations. This includes support from celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Winfrey has gained national attention for her willingness to help others and her past stardom as a TV host in the Oprah Winfrey show. Her opinion and fact based standings on issues have helped to shape public opinions both domestically and abroad. One of her more recent thing she has brought to national attention is the ban on texting while driving. This includes that thousands of preventable deaths that occur each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008 distracted drivers killed over 6,000 people (fcc.gov). Using this information Ms. Winfrey has advocated for the passage of laws that would prevent texting while driving. She has even instituted a policy at her company that forbids employees from using their cellphones for company business while driving. According to Oprah, “life is more precious than taking a call or answering an email message” (oprah.com). Popular public figures are not alone in advocating for a ban of texting while driving. Well known corporations have started to advocate for a ban on texting while driving as well. This includes corporations such as the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Motor Company “became the first automaker to endorse a federal ban on sending text messages while driving” (nytimes.com).
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