Texas government should take action in stopping texting while driving
Texting while driving has become a
big problem in the United States as well as in each individual state. Cell
phone technology has become more and more available for persons in our society,
especially teenagers. Teens use cell phones to text, to call friends and often
become so mesmerized by their phones that they cannot get their eyes off their
devices for 5 minutes. For most parents, allowing their children use cell phone
to communicate with friends is not a big problem. However, teenagers
unfortunately also use their cell phones to communicate while operating a
vehicle. This serious problem causes many people to die in car accidents. I
believe that the government as well as parents must find a solution to this
problem, and stop it as soon as possible.
Texting while driving has truly become
a problem of great magnitude. It takes away many people’s lives in a most tragic
manner. In the KXAN website of Austin news, an article published on Wednesday, Jan
26 2011, discusses a 17 years old teenager who lost her life because of texting
while driving. Alex Brown, the unfortunate victim, died in a roll over accident
on her way to school. Her mom, Jeanne Brown asserted while choking back tears.
She added, “Alex made choices and those choices cost her her life.” Currently,
the Texas government has established a law banning texting while driving. Even
though the government had issued a law banning texting, the problem has not
stopped and instead has not gone down either. In 2012, officers have ticketed
244 people for texting and driving and this number has increase to 366 tickets
given out to drivers last year. The government should do something to stop this
number from increase even farther in the future. Perhaps, the government could
create an app that would automatically turn off cell phones when the driver
starts the car engine. That way, no one can access and even take a look at
their phone while driving. Take caution when driving not only protect ourselves
from danger, but also protect the lives of others. No one wants to die
unexpectedly and suddenly
I totally agree with the author of Texas. Here We Come on his argument about the government needing to do something to stop people from texting while driving. It argues about how many deaths and people have gotten so many tickets for breaking the law of texting while driving. Teenagers need to understand how dangerous this is. He gives greats examples to back up everything, like the teenager that died while texting and how many people have gotten tickets for breaking the law and how much has it increase. I know the government already did something by making this illegal but this is not working, I agree with his argument about how the government should create an app or something that would automatically turn off the cell phones as soon as the driver starts driving. I say that’s a good idea, trying something new might really be helpful, it makes a really good point. Also I would like to add that texting while driving can not only hurt the people that are doing it, but they can actually hurt someone else or even take innocents lives away.
ReplyDeleteI second in the argument that was proposed by Texas. Here We Come! It's really eye-opening to see how much technology has advanced over the years but is it for any good when we use technology at the wrong time? It has been said that texting while driving is six times more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. Although, there is a law forbidding texting while driving, teenagers now a days still don't understand the dangers until they find their selves in that dangerous situation. I remember while I was still in high school, my school had performed "Shattered Dreams," which is basically an act put on by students, showing the lives of students and how much they had ahead of them until they got behind the wheel either intoxicated or texting while driving. I feel like everyone does try their hardest to get the word out there about the dangers of texting and driving but still isn't enough. The blogger also gave one cool idea about the app being made for drivers so they would not be distracted at all. We can only do so much to save a life from just simply putting the phone away while driving. Texting while driving?...it can wait.
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