PERSUASIVE SPEECHDISTRACTED DRIVING

BY: TYLER TAPP

The Deadly Obsession

Persuasive SpeechDistracted Driving-Due to Cell Phone

Usage By: Tyler Tapp

I will be speaking about the dangers of distracted driving with the purpose to persuade you to do something to make a difference and stop yourself and others around you from distracted driving.

• Too Many People are dying!

• Automobiles don’t drive themselves, its our responsibility to remain in control

• Text messaging requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention

Distracted Driving

Is it worth living with guilt for the rest of your life for killing an innocent person?

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More than 421,000 injured in 2012 alone due to distracted driving, along with 3,328 deaths

Its easy to become distracted while driving BUT…… It’s also very avoidable!

What Can We Do?

My Personal Incident:

I frequently used my phone while driving for:

Calling

Texting

GPS

BIG MISTAKE!

I was using my GPS, and looked down for a second…. and failed to stop at the stop sign!

I got into an accident with another car, and ended up knocking down a fence.Thankfully no one was hurt!

Consider these FACTS!

50% of teens have admitted to texting while driving

Younger, inexperienced drivers under the age of 20 have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal crashes.

Texting while driving puts an individual at 23 time’s greater risk of an automobile accident

1/4 of teens respond to a text message once or more every time they drive.

Distracted driving crashes account for 23% of the total crashes each year

Join Me to Fight for Stricter Laws!

In this past year our General Assembly introduced several bills related to distracted driving, all did not pass.

A Virginia Senate bill to place harsher consequences on teenage drivers was struck down, The bill, SB 139, sought to change talking on a cell phone from a secondary offense to a primary offense for drivers under 18.

Fines for talking on cell phones could have risen by about $100

SIGN My Petition!

Please sign my petition.

Please don’t drive while using your cellphone for any reason.

If our efforts save just one life, it will be worthwhile.