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Why Is It Important To Stop Texting While Driving?

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Imagine having to celebrate your birthday while losing a family member , doesn 't sound like much fun right? Texting while driving is very dangerous and also very deadly. There are a lot of people that have lost their family members from texting while driving. “In 2013 there were 10,076 people that were killed and approximately 290,000 people were injured by texting while driving.” There are exactly 365 days in a year, i 'm sure the text can wait. Texting while driving should stop because we are killing millions of lives, you are also hurting yourself by texting and driving. Texting while driving is distracting and increases the risk of crashes.¨Texting while driving is very dangerous and it also exceeds what we see with someone who´s driving drunk. “The reason the deadly accidents are happening is because they are not looking on the road ,they are not staying in there lane , and they are missing traffic. In addition,” That combination of the three , the visual , the manual ,and the cognitive distraction. “When you take your eyes off the road , and hands off the steering wheel, and your mind off driving it 's a deadly mix.” “ 3,328 people killed – and crashes resulting in an injury – with 421,000 people wounded .” …show more content…

I 'm pretty sure that there are plenty people that text while drive and does not get in accidents , but what if you are texting and driving and you are also paying attention to the road and you get into a accident. You have to be careful because if that happens they will think the accident was caused by you texting. I think that no texting while driving should stay a law because it is very dangerous. It causes many accidents and many people have died because of it. There are alots of people all around the world that have been

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