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= texting while driving is the new drunk driving = = = = = = = =media type="youtube" key="1M74j8LvX6k" height="275" width="294" =

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This picture came from texting accident.com = ﻿ = Driving with a distraction in the car can be fatal. In 2008, there were 6,000 people killed and ½ million injured from distractive driving (Waugh). Inventions like the Bluetooth are made to help prevent drivers from getting distracted, but does it really work? The answer is no! (LaHood) The only thing it actually helps with is being able to have both hands on the wheel, but that does not mean people can’t talk with their hands, or picture the person that they are talking to! Some addling distractions are talking to friends, playing the music loudly on the radio, looking for something you dropped on the floor, and putting on makeup. However, the most common distractions while driving are eating and drinking, and cell phones (Gale Group – Global Issues in Context). But not just talking on cell phones, it’s texting. Texting, while driving, is dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal.

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