b3.texting and driving

For our next blogs we have to talk about a major problem in the world today and that is distracted driving. More and more people lose their life each and every day because of people not paying attention while driving. It is becoming more and more of a problem today mostly with younger drivers. Many lives can be saved if you just pay more attention to the road and nothing else. One of the most deadly ways of destructed driving is texting.  Some statistics that really caught my eye was that when you text and drive your reaction time is decreased by nearly 35 percent. Another fact is that when you are texting and driving your steering capability goes down by nearly 91 percent. Another scary statistic that really catches a reader’s eye is that you are 23 more times likely to get into an accident while texting and driving (textinganddrivingstatistics.com).  The real problem is the amount of people who text and drive is way too large and makes people wonders why there isn’t more fatal crashes. In 2007 AAA conducted a survey and found out that 41 percent of teens condone in risky driving and texting and driving. Many people lose their life to distracted driving each year so something needs to be done to stop innocent people from dying in fatal car crashes do to distracted drivers.  Texting and driving is also very hard to stop once you begin because you feel invincible and don’t think you would get in a crash. In most states there are laws banning people talking on their cell phones and texting. If someone breaks these laws they can be punished by a fine up to 500 dollars and/or jail time up to 90 days (textinganddrivingstatistics.com). I believe texting and driving is becoming out of control and if something is not done soon many innocent lives will be taken.