OPINION: Phones don’t kill people, people kill people
Emotionally charged responses to the recent shooting in Parkland have demonstrated how polarized Americans are over gun control. Emails have poured in from people on both sides of the issue. One reader, a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, included a link to an article that noted “the number of teens who are dying or being injured as a result of texting while driving has skyrocketed as mobile device technology has advanced.”
The subject is worth exploring because there are some correlations.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, legislators in 47 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have passed laws that prohibit texting while driving. Despite having laws in place, people aren’t regularly abiding by them and a concerted effort to enforce these laws is not being made.