Texting and Driving

Distracted driving is a serious problem among teens and adults. This newsprint is about the effects of iodine specific kind of distrait driving; texting and driving. at that place ar 3 types of distractions; visual, cognitive, and manual. at that place be a lot of statistics and facts that base this to be a touch-and-go activity. Two bulk hold in already learned the consequences of texting and driving. otherwise countries take a crap as well as passed laws concerning this topic. There are 3 types of distractions; visual, manual, and cognitive. opthalmic distraction is when a soul takes their eyeball cancelled the road. manual(a) distraction is when a psyche takes their hands sullen the wheel. cognitive distraction is when a persons see is off of driving. These three distractions are very important because when individual is texting and driving, it requires all three of these to be done in ensnare to respond to the text. They need to have one hand off the whee l (manual), their eyes off the road (visual), and their minds on some(prenominal) driving and texting (cognitive). According to an online infographic; in 2011, 23% of car crashed winding cell promises that totals to 1.3 million crashes. In the same year 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 were injured in crashes involving a disconcert driver, compared to 3,267 killed and 416,000 injured in 2010.\nIt doesnt take spacious to crash once a person take their eyes off the road to get out a text or email. 5 seconds is the least totality of time it takes to get distracted by a text. If a person is driving 55 mph, that equals to driving the length of a football field without looking. There are a suspender of risks involved with distracted driving. If somebody is reaching for a phone or other electronic device, theyre 1.4X to a greater extent than at risk for crashing. Talking or listening puts them 1.3X more at risk. Dialing puts them 2.8X more at risk. notwithstanding worst of al l texting puts them 23X more at risk.\nTexting and driving is also riskier than drunk driving. The driver is 4X more at r...