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The Grim Reality Of Texting And Driving Summary

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In the article "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" written by Combat Edge, the debate on texting and driving is depicted. "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" orates that with advancements in technology, people are becoming more senseless drivers. "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" explains multitasking is a myth, and someone cannot be an exceptional driver and be texting at the same time. "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" talks about how cell phone crashes are not reported as accurately because no one will admit they were texting and driving. "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" maintains the view cell phones are causing more motor vehicle crashes each year.
The problem "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" identifies is texting and driving is not being solved by Americans and we have the ability to solve it. Edge assumes the readers are all Americans by including, "Americans believe there is nothing we can do to …show more content…

The author establishes credibility by using quotes from the president and CEO of the "National Safety Council" Deborah A.P. Hersman. By using an individual with credentials relating to the issue being addressed the author persuades the audience more texting and driving needs to be stopped. The author also uses the appeal pathos in "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" by saying, "Motor vehicle fatality estimates are subject to slight increases and decreases as data mature." The author pulls on the emotions of the audience by talking about the fatality increasing in motor vehicle accidents because of texting while driving. In "The Grim Reality of Texting and Driving" proclaims, "The National Safety Council observes April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month to draw attention to this epidemic." By using a strong word like the epidemic, the author is grabbing the attention of the audience since the word has a connotation of

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