Texting and Driving- Is it worth your life?

Are you ready to be the victim of an accident? 

Do you want to be the friend of a loved one who passed because of texting and driving? Are you willing to show the world the text that cost your best friend’s life?

Across the world, texting and driving has become one of the main reasons for car accidents besides the busy holiday season, being under the influence, and a reckless driver. Every day, there are an infinite amount of people who die because they were texting and driving.

I think there need to be action toward drivers who text and drive such as the Florida Text and Drive Ban that was taken into effect on October 1^st. However, I believe awareness need to be made as well about the situation. People don’t know how crucial it is to not text and drive until they are put in the situation. They don’t realize the reality of it because they never thought “it could happen to be me.”

In my high school, we had a day where the dangers of texting and driving were made known and the impact that an accident like that leaves on family, friends, classmates, and society as a whole. Many decided to take the “no texting and driving pledge” of which I took a part and am glad to say that I have upheld my part of the pledge. I believe if more action was taken to stop texting and driving a real difference could be made by saving a number of lives who didn't have to die because they took two seconds off the road to read a “K” text.