Assignment 2- Reagan Smith

     Technology- computers, tablets, smartphones, and iDevices have changed how we live our daily lives. In seconds, we can send a message to someone on the other side of town. Anyone with a webcam and an internet connection can video chat with someone on the opposite side of the world. Our pictures can be stored in the cloud and accessed from virtually anywhere. So overall, technology itself is a positive aspect of our lives. It is what people have chosen to do with it that causes it to have negative impacts on our society.

     Along with the convenience sending a text, iMessage, "snap", direct message, comes a risk of distraction, specifically while driving. 11 teens die every day due to texting and driving (edgarsynder.com). This doesn’t even include the numerous others that are injured and adults. 20 years ago, people were distracted while driving, but not nearly to the extent that our society can be today. Although I thankfully haven't been involved in an accident due to texting and driving, let alone any car accident, I along with many others have been impacted by texting while driving: getting stuck behind someone at a traffic light that is on their phone. And sometimes by the time you tap your horn to get them to move on, they have caused you to miss the light. 
Shame on them for impacting everyone's schedule.