What Is Texting And Driving Essay

Trouble Texting Did you ever text and drive? If you did, did you ever get hurt? I know people that regret using their phone and driving. You can look down for just five seconds and anything can happen. You can hurt yourself and many others. Texting and driving is a law. But, people still do it. It doesn't matter if you do it at a stopping point. It is still wrong. Somebody can hit you because they are texting and driving. So many bad things can happen. Texting and driving can hurt many people, including yourself. In August 2010 a 19 years old was texting a friend while driving on a Missouri highway, he causes a pileup that killed 2 people and injured 2 dozens. Sometimes you can have good extensions, but just in a wrong way. But, nobody intends on getting hurt or dying because a silly mistake. It just happens. Richard Schewe was driving the family pickup truck on May 7, 2001, when he put his cell phone up against his 2 1/2-year-old daughter Mikaela's ear so she could talk to her mother. Moments later, both died when the vehicle slammed into a speeding train. The last thing Amanda Schewe heard was her husband saying, "big bump," then "oh," followed by silence. The phone call was part of the evidence being considered by a coroner's inquest to investigate the link between cellphone use and a fatal accident. How many people have to die until somebody make a stand? In 2011 at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones that's 1.3 million crashes. Some people will never admit to texting and driving but, they know they do it. Over 60% of American teens admit to doing risky things and driving. 30% of those people admit to texting and driving.
If you get caught then it is your fault and your problem. Its very shame how people die over small stuff. The worst part about it is that people can wait nothing is more important than your life. I will be the first of millions of people that will stand up for distractions and