There is a problem growing in our country. Texting and driving isn't something we particularly think about while we are doing it, until we hit another car that is. Many lives have been lost to this problem. I personally have dealt with this. A mother in her car was texting and driving and almost hit me going through a red light. The saddest part is, she had a baby in the backseat.
What can law enforcement do to help this problem? What can we the people do as citizens to control our desire to answer that last text? What sort of action should be taken by anyone?
For me, my father is a corporal in the Amarillo, TX police department. His personal opinion is that it takes to much time and effort to catch people doing this act. There would be no proof for or against the charge and it is not worth pulling over every suspected vehicle for it. I would have agreed if I wasn't almost killed by it and also having to live knowing that I was there when a mother killed her own child because of a dumb phone. I think that every vehicle suspected of texting should be pulled over. They should get a warning or a ticket depending on the officers decision. When they get the ticket, they should call their phone company and get their phone records. They can go down to the station and prove that at the time of given ticket, there was no texting. The ticket would be removed from record with no fee. It would raise awareness that the police will take action on something like this, and the rate of texting and driving would go down. It would be a start to saving lives. This issue affects us all. No, it's not the number one issue of the world and I understand that. I don't believe that this should be the governments number one priority but it is an issue that should be looked at. So do you think its something to be taken into action, or something that no one should care about because it's never happened to you? Texting and driving does cost the lives of children, mothers, fathers, friends, and families. There is a way to stop it, so we should take it.
