1. What Are The Arguments Against Texting And Driving?
There's reasons why teens decided to use their phone while driving. Teens that observe their parents or friends driving while texting and driving, adapts them to say “if they can do, I can do it too”. Another statistic from “Texting and Driving Safety,” says that “48% of young drivers have seen their parents drive while talking on the phone,” – also, 15% teen drivers have viewed their parents text while driving. Like I said, teens get influenced by their parents, and do as they do. But teens shouldn't follow their footsteps. Teens should know that is dangerous, but no, they tend to do it because they think it's easy and not that dangerous. A percentage of 55 shows that young drivers think it's easy to text and drive, and 77% feel confident that they can safety drive while usage of phone and
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Teens don't think it's a problem but a study shows that teens who text spend exactly 10% of their driving time outside of a lane. But what are the teens arguments to those who tell them that texting and driving is not easy and dangerous? Facts from “Texting and Driving Safety,” – shows us that teens say reading a text is safer than sending one, that holding their phone near the windshield helps for “better visibility,” or they only text at a red light or at a stop sign. These justifications might be somewhat true to them but still using a phone is against the law. Even if these justifications help them text and drive, they're still putting someone's life in risk, and one mistake can cause a whole lot of damage. It takes 5 brutal, stupid, seconds for your minimal amount of time of attention to be taken away when you're texting and driving. Teens need to focus on the road and face restrictions in order to be on the road before killing themselves or some innocent person – or
Teens don't think it's a problem but a study shows that teens who text spend exactly 10% of their driving time outside of a lane. But what are the teens arguments to those who tell them that texting and driving is not easy and dangerous? Facts from “Texting and Driving Safety,” – shows us that teens say reading a text is safer than sending one, that holding their phone near the windshield helps for “better visibility,” or they only text at a red light or at a stop sign. These justifications might be somewhat true to them but still using a phone is against the law. Even if these justifications help them text and drive, they're still putting someone's life in risk, and one mistake can cause a whole lot of damage. It takes 5 brutal, stupid, seconds for your minimal amount of time of attention to be taken away when you're texting and driving. Teens need to focus on the road and face restrictions in order to be on the road before killing themselves or some innocent person – or