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Texting while driving is a serious issue across the United States. But many don't view it as being "that serious."

For some people it has come down to either getting in an accident or having a loved one get into an accident to realize how serious it really is. It should not have to come down to that.

It is evident that people cannot make a conscious decision not to text and drive. Therefore, I feel there needs to be a federal law banning every state from texting while driving. This law will have to be enforced by every state, which will make the roads a little safer.

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It Should Be a Law

Published on Nov 29, 2015

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It Should Be a Law

Texting while driving is a serious issue across the United States. But many don't view it as being "that serious."

For some people it has come down to either getting in an accident or having a loved one get into an accident to realize how serious it really is. It should not have to come down to that.

It is evident that people cannot make a conscious decision not to text and drive. Therefore, I feel there needs to be a federal law banning every state from texting while driving. This law will have to be enforced by every state, which will make the roads a little safer.

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Mobile phone use. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 9 Dec 2014.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/132_1308619/1/132_1308619/cite

1. Dangerous

There are many dangers that come with texting and driving, from hitting a tree to hitting a car and killing a passenger or passengers in that car.

In any given moment across the United States 660,000 drivers are using their cell phones.

5 seconds is the average time you take your eyes off the road when texting. If you are traveling at 55mph, in 5 seconds you would have traveled a whole football field.

Texting and driving creates a risk 23 times more than driving while not texting.

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2. Temptation

Cellphones in general have become a huge temptation for teens and adults. Most of us always have our phones attach to our hands whenever possible.

Texting and driving is a temptation.

David Greenfield, who is a medical professor at the University of Connecticut held a study based on texting and driving.

He surveyed 1000 drivers and found 98% of them who text and drive frequently think it is dangerous. But 75% of them still do it.

He also found that when you receive a text dopamine is released from the brain generating excitement. The more appealing the person texting you more dopamine is released.

This causes you to want to text and causes you to not worry much about the dangers of texting while driving.

Also, staying connected is vitally important to teens and adults. Maintaining that connection overrides safety.

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Hand with a Windows 7 phone by Oleksiy Maksymenko found on Britannica Image Quest made available for educational reuse.

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Dopamine by Kenneth Eward found on Britannica ImageQuest available for education reuse only.

3. Ban Across U.S.

Texting and driving needs to be a federal law. It needs to be banned across the entire U.S.

90% of drivers support texting and driving laws.

You don't want to be that person who is texting while driving and gets into an accident, killing the passenger in the vehicle. That will haunt you for the rest of your life.

You also don't want to be that person that gets hit by a driver who is texting while driving. You could get very injured or even be killed.

Temptation overrides the dangers of texting while driving. Every person knows what it is like to be tempted. It is not easy and most of the time we give into the temptation.

If it is a federal law, most people would be cautious, and most would not try to get away with texting and driving. That temptation would be ripped away, making the roads a safer place to be.

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Map of the United States of America by Dorling Kindersley found on Britannica Image Quest made available for educational reuse.