User:Abi Watson

Texting and Driving By: Abi Watson and Peyton Sears

The purpose of this project is to teach others the risk of texting and driving. Texting and driving does not only mean you are risking your own life, but you are also putting the lives of the people in the vehicle and on the road at risk. This project is to inform people that not all texting and driving accidents end in loss of lives. The people who survive a tragic texting and driving accident may live the rest of their lives with the memories and thoughts of what could have happened. Texting and driving is the cause of 6,000 deaths and a half a million injuries each year. Teenagers speed about 10% of texting and driving time outside of their driving lane. When answering a text, it takes away your attention for about five seconds. That is enough time to travel the length of a football field. Many teens and adults don’t understand how much of an impact sending a quick text while driving can change their life forever. Texting and driving relates to FCS by human services. Preparing individuals for employment in career pathway that relate to families and human needs. One of these needs is human safety. People should understand that texting and driving is putting themselves and others in danger. We all have multiple life roles and responsibilities, and one of these responsibilities that need to be taken seriously is keeping each other safe on the road. Completing this project relates to FCS by helping us learn more about Arts, Technology and Communication. Researching, designing and publishing this project has taught us a lot more about the danger of texting and driving. With both of us being teenagers that are beginning to drive, we have learned to understand the consequences of texting and driving. We have learned the danger that people put their, and others, lives in when they decide to text and drive. Our overall goal of this project is to teach people how texting and driving can change their lives in a matter of seconds. Sending one text message is not worth the risk of losing your life, and possibly ending other’s lives. Don’t text and drive.