Today's drivers neglect to grasp the threats of texting while driving and fail to believe the statistics do not have any vital bearing to them; however, “ In November 2013, a North Texas teen lost control of her car fatally crashing into a rock wall” (“Elliot” 19). The perpetrator of this crash was a mobile phone, which is viewed as such a necessity for many teens and therefore the issue has arisen with regard to the utilization of texting while driving. Currently, cell phones have become exceedingly more complex and society utilizes them as the methods for communication by voice, text, video, and sound. Texting has altered the manner people connect with each other; however, individuals are constantly texting while driving which is believed to be riskier than drunk driving. The individual who text trusts they're more in control of their …show more content…
Examples of distracted driving include, but are not restricted to, “texting, using a cellular phone or smartphone, eating and drinking, talking to passengers, grooming, reading, including maps, using a navigation, watching a video, adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player” (“Distracted Driving” 5). Distracted driving comes in 3 different ways; manual distraction, visual distraction and cognitive distraction. Manual distraction is once a driver removes each their hands from the wheel which may be eating or checking a GPS. Visual distraction is once a driver takes their attention away from the road in order to look at a device or entertainment systems. Finally, cognitive driving happens once a driver isn't mentally centered on the road and may be preoccupied with a passenger or work related problems. Though this is often a drag for individuals of all ages, drivers under twenty years of age seem to make up an outsized portion of the distracted drivers. For drivers under twenty, 16 percent of all crashes were caused because