Texting While Driving Research Paper
Kenzie Henderson
Mrs. Mann
English 4
21 April 2010
Texting while driving is NOT worth the risk
The number one source of driver inattention is use of a cell phone. Drivers that text or talk on cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). My first and only wreck so far, since I receiving my license a year ago, was caused because of texting while driving. Luckily I wasn’t going very fast, so no one was hurt and there was very little damage; however, it definitely scared me, and I now realize how dangerous it really is. Texting while driving should be against the law because it can be very hazardous and lead to regretful …show more content…
These include Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Oklahoma is in the process of trying to get the ban passed. Above all, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute believes that texting should be put to a stop and teens who just got their licenses be banned from all cell phone use. However, the legislation would require all states to ban texting while driving or lose 25% of their funds for highways. States would have two years to approve the ban of texting while driving and could get back highway funds following the two year period (“Tests reveal danger of texting while …show more content…
However, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association understands that there are dangers involved with texting behind the wheel, but doesn’t agree with a ban because they think it would be too hard to enforce. “Highway safety laws are only effective if they can be enforced, and if the public believe they will be fined for not obeying. To this day, that has been the case with other cell phone restrictions,” said Vernon Betkey, the highway safety chairman (“Tests reveal dangers of texting while
Mrs. Mann
English 4
21 April 2010
Texting while driving is NOT worth the risk
The number one source of driver inattention is use of a cell phone. Drivers that text or talk on cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). My first and only wreck so far, since I receiving my license a year ago, was caused because of texting while driving. Luckily I wasn’t going very fast, so no one was hurt and there was very little damage; however, it definitely scared me, and I now realize how dangerous it really is. Texting while driving should be against the law because it can be very hazardous and lead to regretful …show more content…
These include Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Oklahoma is in the process of trying to get the ban passed. Above all, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute believes that texting should be put to a stop and teens who just got their licenses be banned from all cell phone use. However, the legislation would require all states to ban texting while driving or lose 25% of their funds for highways. States would have two years to approve the ban of texting while driving and could get back highway funds following the two year period (“Tests reveal danger of texting while …show more content…
However, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association understands that there are dangers involved with texting behind the wheel, but doesn’t agree with a ban because they think it would be too hard to enforce. “Highway safety laws are only effective if they can be enforced, and if the public believe they will be fined for not obeying. To this day, that has been the case with other cell phone restrictions,” said Vernon Betkey, the highway safety chairman (“Tests reveal dangers of texting while