Carlos Rios AND Marcus Bobian AND Hector Grijalva

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. When you focus on screen, the average is 5 seconds, within those 5 seconds traveling at 55mph, that’s enough time to cover a football field. 16% of all drivers younger than 20 that have been in a car accident have been reported distracted by a cell phone.

WHY IS IT DANGEROUS TO TEXT WHILE DRIVING?

60% of drivers use cell phones while driving. You are 23 times more likely to get into a car accident while texting rather than not texting 67% of teen admitted to text while driving at high speeds 37% of teens admitted to having been extremely distracted by texting10% of all teens admit MORE than 100 messages a DAY! Using a cell phone while driving delays a driver reactions as much as being intoxicated In 2011 3,331 peoples were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 3,267 in 2010.

STATISTICS TO DANGERS OF TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

What you can do to solve these problems is by using hand-free access.(Bluetooth headset, Google Now, Siri) Which is being able to text, call, and email with just the command of your voice. 1 other solution would be an app for your phone that is a text blocker. But the easiest and cheapest way to this solution is to simply not use your phone while driving.

SOLUTION TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

For now on, every teen from 16-19 in United States has to sign an agreement contract before getting their license agreeing that they shall now text or call while driving. If so caught doing this, they shall get a fine of minimum of $200,000 plus their license suspended for 1 year.

PLAN OF ACTION

"Stop the text. Stop the wrecks." Texing and Driving Facts. N.p.. Web. 28 Oct 2013. <http://www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org

Austin, Michael . "Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it?." Car and Driver jun 2009, n. pag. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. <http://www.caranddriver.com/features/texting-while-driving-how-dangerous-is-it>.

Snyder, Edgar. "Texting & Cell Phone Use While Driving Statistics." Edgar Synder. N.p.. Web. 28 Oct 2013. <http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html>.

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