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Persuasive Essay On Texting And Driving

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Nowadays, it is normal to see people texting from their cellphone driving. I have lost two of my friends in an accident because they were texting while driving. Once, they were together in a car, driving from Makkah city to Riyadh city. The accident happend in the morning but my friend while he was driving, was texting and his friend was sleeping in the car. They died from it. However, using a cell phone for texting or calling while driving can be dangerous, it should be made illegal because it is very risky to yourself and the people around you.
The lives of people are being taken every day because of interruption device. Car accident are more common to be because of using the mobile while driving over any other causes. Most people do not …show more content…

The two cities put fines around $500 for people who use their cellphone while they are driving. However, using the new technology even puts the people in danger. Before, drivers used phones while driving but now they use a screen in the car that puts the driver in more danger. Ford Company, for example, is showing how U.S Government is trying to stop this technology because using anything that can distract you from driving can be the cause of many accidents. Most of people text on their cellphone while they driving are teens because technology for older people is not important but teens is so important that make them use it while they driving and they use it everywhere they go. Bidwill wrote "the U.S. Department of Transportation, claims more than 3,300 people in 2011 were killed in crashes" (web,4).
The author even compare it with young people who died or even injured under the influence of alcohol while they driving, the compare shows that the people who died or they injured by driving while they texting is more than the influence of alcohol. Delthia wrote according to Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cohen. "Fifty percent of high school students of driving age acknowledge texting while driving,"

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