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Texting While Driving
Jessica Eulo
Advanced Composition
February 6, 2015
Professor Valerie Carnevale
DeVry University
Texting While Driving
Texting while driving has become a very serious issue, not only among teenagers but also adults. This issue is on the rise as texting has become the trend for a way of communicating amongst people these days. Now if we put this common task of texting to the test by driving at the same time, most of the time the result is not going to be a good one. Although most drivers are aware of the risks of texting and driving, so many still choose to risk everything to read or send out such unimportant messages. Car crashes, a result of texting while driving, is a widespread problem that has taken our nation by storm over the past ten years. The problem at surrounding this issue is that people think they can safely type on their phone while driving, or they just don’t think there is any real danger in the act. In order to put a stop to this epidemic our government must take action to both add consistency to the laws and penalties given on to offenders. But, it is also important that the government provides sufficient educational programs in order to spread the message about the dangers of tapping the keyboard while behind the wheel.
“Where u at” – These were the simple last words that Mariah West, a senior in high school who was one day away from graduation, saw in this world. On that fateful summer night, she was texting her friend on the way to the baseball game she was planning on attending. As she looked down at her phone to read the new text message, she lost control of her car, which proceeded to slide across the median, hit a bridge, and kill the young girl with a bright future. Officer Grant Hendrix of the Missouri State Highway Patrol was one of the first to arrive on the scene. He later described the horrific scene to reporters saying, “When I got to the scene, her face was disfigured from sliding down the...