How can we stop texting and driving articles?
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How can we stop texting and driving articles?
Put your phone out of reach, such as in the glove box, back seat or trunk. Pull over and park safely if you need to use your phone to talk or text. Make a pledge to your family to never text or talk on the phone while driving. As a passenger, speak up if the driver starts texting or talking on his phone.
What is the solution to texting and driving?
Put it in park. If it’s absolutely vital to respond to a message, find a place to safely pull over, then park and answer. Model safe behavior. Talk to your kids about the dangers of texting and driving, explain the ways they can avoid it, then put your money where your mouth is.
How does texting and driving negatively impact society?
The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 1 out of every 4-car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.
How does texting affect people?
Texting encourages rapid-fire, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication isn’t conducive to face-to-face communication. Consequently, people who text a lot may be more uncomfortable with in-person communication and may even use their cell phones to communicate with people who are in their presence.
Why is it important not to text and drive?
Of all the activities associated with distracted driving, sending text messages is the most dangerous. A person is 23 times more likely to have a motor vehicle crash while sending a text message than if they were only driving. That number towers over the other activities associated with distracted driving.
How we can stop texting and driving?
8 Tips to Stop Texting and Driving
- Remember: Silence is golden.
- Hang up your “do not disturb” sign.
- Make it out of sight, out of mind.
- Ask for help.
- Put it in park.
- Model safe behavior.
- Set and enforce rules.
- Enroll in our new YourTurn® program.
How does texting and driving affect society?
What are the disadvantages of texting?
12 Disadvantages of Text Messaging
- Misunderstandings.
- Impersonal.
- Expectation to Read and Respond.
- General Distraction.
- Texting and Driving.
- Socially Disruptive.
- Group Texts.
- Obsessive/Addictive.
