Name: Gustavo Martin-Vera
From: Highland, CA
Votes: 0
Using your phone
while driving is and will always be a dangerous habit we all must
loose. I know its hard but in this current world we are in,
technology is advancing, and we feel we must be connected to others
or we can escape this world by using our phone to relax and just do
something with a screen in front of us. The issue lies with instant
gratification we want to do something right now that gives us
pleasure and not worry about something else like driving but there
can be a consequence like the life of others since we are being
greedy and focusing on ourselves instead of others. However, there is
a solution to this. The first option and it is a positive about
technology, since technology is advancing if it is such a worry for
your child to drive a Tesla can fix that with its self driving
feature i know this car is expensive but it is an option. However the
other options that I am going to propose are for the rest of us who
don’t have rich parents and can’t buy us a self driving car. That
solution would be to let them get on the road and be distracted with
their phone and once an accident occurs because they are on their
phone they will have learned their lesson about the consequences of
driving distracted are, but that is pretty harsh so there is an
alternative. Parents should have a talk to their kids in regards to
accidents and what it involves, they should tell them stories because
in most accident the person who causes the accident ends up with no
harm while the other being hit does, there could be a child on board
or much worse someone dies. We don’t want that guilt in our hands so
telling these stories will help to show the consequences of driving
recklessly. Hopefully that is all they need, but if not install an
app or something that blocks access to their phone like Blocksite so
they don’t have access to use it, until they arrive at their
destination and if that’s not good enough to take away their phone. I
know it is part of their life and our culture to be connected but
having your whole life is better than just part of it or even none of
it. Life is full of consequences it is just we learn about the
consequences when it is too late so keep them informed so this isn’t
the case. The last option the one we don’t want to hear is that if
you don’t trust them, then don’t let them drive, we always have hard
decisions to make, but it is okay as long as it is the right one/ the
best one. Car accidents are one of the biggest if not the biggest
causes of death and we all want to be safe so with these few tips I
gave we should help with lowering those numbers. Just remember that a
life is more important than using your phone to watch someone else’s
life, these tips are for you to live happily with no guilt and no
regret so, stay safe kids.
