Texting and Driving Facts

The use of cellphones has increased on recent years, and they have given us the opportunity to talk to our loved ones when ever we want, no matter where they are, which is a great thing.

But on the other side of the coin, cellphone usage has also robbed a lot families with their loved ones because they were taken too soon. This is a result of texting while driving which causes drivers to be distracted and unable to give their full attention to the road as is required.

This is a result of the crashes that happen when one is texting when they are behind the wheel.

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Texting while is driving is very dangerous because :

• It is impossible to have your eyes watching the road and paying attention to what you are writing at the same time, that is why your eyes end up off the road
• If your eyes are off the road , there is no way that you will have total control of where your car is going. Steering the steering wheel the way you should becomes an impossibility.
• Your mind is not in tune with your driving, and when the mind is removed from your primary and most important task which is driving, you are not totally focused on it. It is this distraction that can lead to a tragedy.

Here are some texting and driving facts that you may not be aware about:

• Adolescents are more likely to be involved in car fatalities than their parents.
• If your attention is taken from your activity of driving because you are reading or constructing a text, the time you will react to an emergency is increased by 35%.
• Driving while you are trying to write a text message is more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol.
• Texting while you are behind the wheel increases your chances of being involved in an accident by 23 times! 23 times, yes you read it correctly!
• Texting is the most dangerous activity that you can do on the phone and it is worse when compared to talking on your mobile phone.
• 50% of teenagers in the United States Of America have agreed that they do send text messages when they are driving.
• Some States in America have even banned activities that are risky while one is driving which includes texting and driving.
• 1.6 million car crashes are said to have been as a result of texting while driving. This is 28% of all accidents that happen in a year.

Are you alarmed when reading these statistics? I was, I really was! Honestly I thought it was bad, but I didn't think that it is this bad.

People are losing their loved ones every single day due to a decision that someone took, that they will use their phone while they are driving. I really think that we can all make a conscious decision when it comes to cellphone usage while one is driving.

How difficult is it to park on the side of the road to send a text message, if it is that urgent?

Most of these messages are really not urgent, and we can all wait until we get to our destination to send that text.

The dangers of driving as you text cannot be ignored, and they could be lessened if people only make the right decision.

People who have not been directly affected by this might find it difficult to relate to what could happen in a split second as someone is constructing an sms.

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