English 135 Texting and Driving First Draft DeVry University

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Running Head: Texting and Driving First DraftTexting and DrivingEnglish 135Professor WrightDeVry University

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Texting and Driving First Draft2PrewritingWhat is your narrowedtopic? Be detailed in your answer. You can use any of the versionsyou’ve developed for prior assignments.The narrowed topic for my paper is about how laws are more effective in preventing texting anddriving compared to the use of apps or devices that prevent the in-car use of cellphones.Who is your primaryaudienceor reader?Why? Be detailed in your answer about youraudience.My primary audience will consist of the teenagers and the young adults as they are the ones mostlikely to text and drive.In a sentence or short paragraph, what is yourthesis statement, including your angle?Write what will appear in your essay.My point is that although the use of apps and devices that prevent in-car use of the cellphone ishelpful at preventing drivers from texting and driving, the implementation of strict laws wouldstill be more effective at curbing such habits.What topic sentences will you use as the foundation of your communication? (If necessary,add more points.)

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Texting and Driving First Draft3In 2012, Texas college student Chance Bothe was texting that he needed to stop textingbecause he said that he could die in a car accident (Zafar, 2012).Indeed, texting and driving is a growing problem in our country.The purpose of this proposal is to identify the measures that would be most effective atpreventing people from texting and driving.It is important to establish effective measures for preventing people from texting anddriving because it has caused the loss and destruction of so many lives, especially amongthe youth.Texting started to become popular in the US in the early 2000s as the varioustelecommunications companies provided better packages for their subscribers andenabled internetwork text messaging (“A brief history of text messaging,” 2014).Accordingto theU.S. Department of Transportation (2009), driver error is the maincontributing factor to vehicular accidents.Teens are especially at risk because of their perception that texting and driving is lessdangerous than drinking and driving (Copeland, 2010).Despite the dangerous effects that texting and driving have, not all states haveimplemented laws that ban texting and driving.In response, companies have turned to technology for the prevention of texting anddriving incidents (Grobart, 2009).As a solution, this paper proposes that the most effective way to prevent people fromtexting and driving is to continue developing technologies that would prevent such but atthe same time implementing stricter and more effective laws that would ban texting anddriving.

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