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Februari 14, 2011

Texting While Driving

          In my opinion, texting while driving is dangerous. It can cause an accident. I have an expirience about texting while i was driving. Around two years ago, i was going home from BSD by car, i got a short message from my friend, an urgent message. In my mind at that time, i inevitably had to reply that message, suddenly my car hit the roadblock in the toll road. I was lucky i’m ok, but my car got a serious damage. The long tie rod of my car fracture so i couldn’t go out from the toll road by myself. My mother picked me and my car up by crane.

          Texting while driving is more dangerous than driving under the influence. Some people did some research and showed that drivers who text and drive become more than one third slower than if they were coherent and not texting. Text messaging lowered reaction time by 35 percent, while people high under marijuana slowed down 21 percent and those who were drunk slowed down by 12 percent. From that research, it showed that texting while driving is really dangerous.

          I suggest you not to texting while driving. Save your live and the others.