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Over 50% of adults admit to texting while driving. This is extremely dangerous and contributes to over 400,000 deaths annually. This is obviously a large issue that needs to be taken seriously.

Smartphones are overall a great advancement in technology that help people by bringing knowledge of the entire world to their fingertips. You can translate languages, take pictures, plan out your day, or even read a book. The issue becomes when people are reliant on phones to an unhealthy degree. The solution of this is to make a habit of not using a phone too often. After only 9 weeks of corrected use, teenagers begin to return to what is considered normal. Society needs to hold back on their phones for a little each day which will make our world not only safer, but also more enjoyable.

“A Culture of Smartphone Dependence.” South University, 18 July 2013, www.southuniversity.edu/whoweare/newsroom/blog/a-culture-of-smartphone- obsession.

LaMotte, Sandee. “Smartphone Addiction Could Be Changing Your Brain.” CNN, Cable News Network, 1 Dec. 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/health/smartphone-addiction-study/index.html.

prior to the smartphone such as call boxes in highly populated areas or spread across the road systems in America are abandoned or removed in modern times. It would be potentially deadly to not be able to call 911 in the event of an emergency and there is simply no real alternative if you don’t have access to a cell phone.

One of the most simple things that applies to the use of cell phones is the constant communication ability that everyone uses every day. People are in need of this connection and rely on it to function, showing signs of boredom without it. If you didn’t have your phone you would feel like something was off and would have a hard time focusing on other tasks. 80% of people check their phones within 15 minutes of getting up in the morning and mostly everyone does it the first thing in the morning (“A Culture of Smartphone Dependence”). Being addicted to the smartphone can have unhealthy consequences.

Not only is relying on a smartphone for everything unhealthy, it can be very dangerous very often. Distracted driving is one of the largest causes of vehicular accidents killing 9 people per day and injuring 1,000 (LaMotte).