In this conversation, my friend from school sent me his location asking how far away we lived from each other. Even worse, is that I did check the distance of our houses from each other as I drove. Did I need to check that message and answer it that very second? No. It would not have impacted him whether I
I have always been a person who approaches almost every situation as a logical, factual analysis. This mindset helped me succeed on the LSAT, it is now helping me excel in law school, and it has throughout my life been a point of occasional exasperation for my family, friends, and significant others. Writing this essay has, therefore, confronted me with
Admittedly, I do text and drive every so often. I have sent texts that range in urgency, from “You’ll never guess what song is playing,” to “He passed away today.” But danger does not discriminate based on the content of my texts, and each message typed–whether silly or urgent in nature–presents the same risk of hurting someone else or myself.
Our parents used to ask us: Would you jump off a bridge if your friends were doing it? Of course not. Even teenagers and young adults, who often feel like they are invincible, recognize that their lives can be dramatically altered, or even ended, in a split second when they hit the rolling water and sharp rock underneath. This typically
The Impulse Problem According to the Federal Communications Commission, “There were 3,179 people [in 2014 who were] killed and an estimated additional 431,000 people wounded in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. At any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010,”
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