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Need to be told? Don't drive and text You can go just about anywhere and see people sending messages through their phones at stores, in classrooms, and even people just strolling down the side walk. When does this seemingly harmless activity become too much? The moment you are behind the wheel of moving car and still continue to send messages. The topic has been talked about a lot lately with graphic commercials about what could happen when you text and drive and Oprah’s new mission to make to make all cars a phone free zone. And even though texting while driving can be dangerous, it is a “duh” fact some people seem to not understand. Of course there are those who believe that they can handle texting while driving. They can drive just as well multitasking as they would with their full attention on the road. Yeah, right. Just like the drunk who claims he drives better while he or she is intoxicated because they are concentrating more on making it back, but in reality this person is too drunk to realize how terrible they are driving. Likewise texters who make a similar claim are too busy concentrating on their amazing multitasking skills that they do not realize how they really are driving. Apparently they are not as good of multitaskers as they thought since they cannot text while driving and notice their failure. Besides, that is not called skills. It is called luck. Then there is the argument that it is fine because it does not take that long to send a message, especially if one has the phone key board memorized allowing the person to keep his or her eyes on the road. First off: If you can write out a message without looking you probably have a problem, but that is a whole other article. Second: Although you are paying attention to the road ahead you are still thinking about what you are trying to say in the message which is also quite the distraction. Sending a message may not take that long to do, maybe a moment at the most. But does said driver realize how much can happen in a moment? It can take just one text, one moment, one accident to alter lives forever. Texting while driving does not only put the driver’s own safety at risk, but it puts everyone else at risk too. The people physically involved in the accident are not the only ones that suffer from the experience. When someone is seriously injured, and has to learn how to deal with his or her new handicap that person’s family also has to learn how to live that new life. A parent will have to face the horror of losing a child, or child can find themselves parentless. In one text a best friend can be lost, a coworker or relative. Any person can be lost in one moment. Look at the texts most people send and receive throughout the day. What do they say? Hey? Wat’s up? Lol? Those are the most common types of text with a couple of smiley faces added in. No life is worth such a message. We all know that texting while driving is dangerous. Even though this is a well known fact people continue this action, and will probably do so until something happens to them. Why wait for something to happen? Why not play it safe and stop now? Why not stop acting selfish and think about someone else’s life for a change instead of replying to a silly little text message? Texting while driving is stupid. End of story. |
