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  • Essay / Argumentative Essay on Texting and Driving - 1335

    4). Since 1982, accident rates related to drunk driving have declined and today we are at an all-time low. Although we are winning the war against drunk driving, another, equally dangerous factor has been passing into the line of fire. As the years have passed and technology has developed, texting and driving have now replaced drunk driving as the number one cause of teen driving accidents and deaths each year. Teenager Aaron Deveau was recently convicted of homicide while texting and driving and hitting 55-year-old Donald Bowley Jr.. Danville NH Deveau was sentenced to one year in prison and his license was revoked for 15 years (Teen Gets Jail Time. Par 3). Over the years, teenagers have become more active with cell phones and all its technology. Teens suffer from the anger of texting and driving every day, and for the most part, teens are the ones texting. An online survey of 1,999 teens ages 16 to 19 conducted in May found that eighty-four percent of teens engaged in such behaviors as: texting, talking on the phone, changing the radio, eating and many other distractions. (Most teenagers still drive