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Texting and Driving - Online Term Paper

Texting and Driving

I was watching a commercial that asked to stop texting and driving. It gave diffrent facts about it. And it showed pictures of victims from crashes so I thought it was a big topic because alot of us text,especially while driving. And it honestly needs to stop.So I wrote this because I thought it was a big situation that needed to be heard.
We spend most of our time fingers on the pad of our cell phones or behind computers im-ing each other. TTYL,LOL,ROFL. And so on. We all have our diffrent ways of texting.Adding little smiley faces to it or hearts. But we shouldn't be doing that behind the wheel of a car. Because you could just be looking at your phone reading a text and then BOOM ...

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behind the wheel to cause the crash because of texting. You could simply show the driver the text and there you go a life is taken once again. People that text are 23% more likely to get into a car accident.Even reaching for your cell phone can cause a crash. Over 60% of American teens admitted to risky driving. And it doesn't have to be teen drivers causing the crashes. Almost 50% are people 18 or older.25% of police reported car crashes are caused by distracted driving. I love texting. I honestly and seriously do. But I dont drive and text and I don't get into the car with someone who drives and texts. But remember those facts I gave you.Please. Because you could possibly be apart of the next 6,000 that die from texting and ...

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Added: 3/17/2011 09:15:58 PM
Submitted By: CODSPK
Category: Legal Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 400
Pages: 2

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