Persuasive Essay: Preventing Texting And Driving

More than 3,000 teens die each year in crashes caused by texting and driving. On June 8, a report was released stating that Tennessee bus crash that left two young girls and a teacher 's aide dead last December was the result of texting and driving. James Davenport, the driver of the bus, was found dead in his home on June 1.Why does this have to happen? Preventing texting and driving should be an easy thing but mostly everyone is anxiously waiting for a text message from there dearest friend or loved one that we forget about our safety. That’s why we should start implementing laws for safety so these staggering rates can go down. Most statistics say that when a teen has a passenger in their car they felt like they were in danger because of texting and driving from the driver. When teenagers turn 16 they have this new freedom having their driver’s license and they feel free because they can go anywhere they like. But they still will make a lot of mistakes like texting while driving. Some teenagers won’t learn from it until they get

That’s why we should start implementing laws for safety so these staggering rates can go down. Teenage texting and driving is ending in so many deaths each year that we need to focus our attention parents and show them examples on how they can drive safe and tell them what they can and cannot do while driving. What I think we should is implement laws that you can’t text and drive so mostly everyone will stop doing it. I like that when someone turns 16 they can only have friend in the car with them at all times because it can save a lot of lives. If everyone just tries not to look there phone while driving they will start forming a safe habit while driving and there will be less deaths each year if everyone implements