N8-Texting

The use of cell phones is a very huge controversy today. Everywhere and anywhere you see people using their cellular devices. In most cases, cell phones can be harmful. For instance, text messaging and talking on the phone while driving have been proven to put you at a higher risk of crashing. Hearing about some of these crashes on the news lets you know how serious this controversy is. Especially since using your phone while driving is way more serious than drinking and driving.

Every time I drive somewhere I usually see at least a couple people talking on their cell phones when I pass them as I drive. It just puts the whole thing into perspective and gives me the visual I need that proves that many people use their phones when they drive. I’m not going to lie; I usually talk on my cell phone as a drive too. I never think of it as being hazardous but when I hear about the bad car accidents that come as an outcome to talking and driving, I need to think of a better thing to do. The laws stating that people shouldn’t be able to use their cell phones while they drive is outrageous in my opinion. You could always need your cell phone on you in case of emergencies. I know we can try our best to pull over and talk on the phone, but frankly, if I were in an emergency, I wouldn’t want to pull over. As technology is increasing now days, can’t we find something that could help us communicate with a hand-held phone?

I know the risk of text messaging or talking on the phone while driving, but how are we going to stop it. By making it a law, police will have to enforce the law under their own discretion and I don’t see how that is very possible. It will be very hard for law enforcers to enforce this law with evidence. I don’t know what my idea of stopping this practice is besides just a little common sense. We are all on the road for a reason, to get to the place we need to go as soon as possible. We don’t need to carry another factor, like text messaging or talking on the phone while driving, when we can just wait until we are off the road and safe. By practicing this we can all become better drivers and with that, result in less car accidents.