“If you text while driving… stop!”, by Prentiss Findlay, describes the deadly hazards associated with the common act of texting while driving. Some, like Annie Justiss, think that this behavior is a problem, but admit to doing it themselves. Their justification of this is, “That’s the way everyone communicates now. It’s real quick and to the point”. Others, like Richard Geisert, believe that texting or any use of a cellular device in a car should be disallowed due to its likely deadly effects. The Foundation for Traffic Safety aims at texting and driving with a message that will be presented on billboards and television. These advertisements may be “disturbing”, but they are there to “create a lasting impression that texting while driving is dangerous”, said Tom Crosby, president of the foundation. Dave Parsons, CEO and president of AAA Carolinas, hopes the advertisements will create an “emotional response” that “will help raise awareness and change deadly distracted driving behavior”. The AAA is not the only one attempting to get rid of the texting and driving situations. In 2010, the state of South Carolina’s House voted to outlaw texting while driving, but the Senate did not follow through. The same year, the U.S. government banned its employees from texting while driving in federal vehicles. Research has proven that drivers take their eyes off the road more than 80 percent of the time when texting and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has concluded that drivers who use handheld cellular devices are four times more likely to get in serious car accidents. According to source A, cellular use while driving is very dangerous and poses threats to the safety of the driver and others on the road, outweighing the benefits of cellular use while in transit.
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