Distracted Driving

Chloe Perdue

November 8, 2019

College Prep

Mrs. Bruner

5th Hour

Distracted Driving

Distracted driving has killed 3,166 people in the year of 2017. Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving such as texting and driving, fiddling with the radio while driving, talking to friends while driving, and etc. Texting and driving are the worst of all. Reading or sending a text takes the eyes off the road for at least five seconds. At 55 miles per hour, that’s like driving a whole football field with the eyes closed( https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving).

Texting and driving creates a great danger of car crashes. Texting and driving is the leading reason for car accidents. At least eleven teens die each day from texting and driving (texting and driving crashes facts and stats- teen facts). Texting and driving can cause drivers to drive recklessly from not paying attention to the road. 13,000 people die each year from reckless driving (distracted driving stats). I can’t count the amount of people that I have heard that have died from texting and driving. This is very common in teen divers, so parents, if your kids do this please, make them stop. Having too many people in the car can cause many car accidents. Friends can and will become very distracting. Not only does it put the driver, in danger it puts other kids in the car in danger along with the people on the road.

If a car crash happens from texting and driving it would be the drivers fault. Many things can happen, for example, drivers could kill the people in the car or kill the people in the other car. If this happens, drivers will be responsible for the charges which could put them in jail. Distracted driving is absolutely awful and more people need to open their eyes and realize the danger in distracted driving.

Distracted driving is very deadly and causes many accidents. Drivers would rather live to see the person they were texting than be dead and never see them again.