Twenty-three percent of people openly admit
to texting while driving. The majority
of those people were teens. Who will be
the next Deveau?
Recently, he was sentenced to a total of
four and a half years in prison serving back to back charges of Motor Vehicle
Homicide and Cause of Injury. The judge
ordered Deveau to serve one year, and apologize to the man’s girlfriend and
children. Deveau says that he regrets his decision to check his text messages
and would change it if he could. This
was his first offense and it has led to a widespread awareness to the dangers
of texting while driving.
So the real question is, how will you use
this information in your own life?
Texting and driving is a serious matter and it can lead to injury or
even death. If you really want to talk
to someone so badly that you would be willing to take the risk of killing
someone’s father or even going to jail, then pull over and give them a
ring. Deveau was lucky that he wasn’t
killed in the accident as well. Don’t be
one of the people on commercials holding a sign of the text you sent that led
to someone’s death. This really does
happen.
Another thing to think about is that, even
though you may blow this story off, the police are going to start cracking
down. Deveau is only 18 years old and for the rest of his life, he will have to
live with this death on his conscience. Nobody wants to go to jail or have someone’s
death on their conscience. Prison is a
horrible place to be and if it is a child you accidently kill, it could be even
worse. Think of it this way: how would
you feel if the person you’re closest to was killed because someone was texting
and driving? Is it worth it?
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