Distracted Driving: A Rhetorical Analysis

Distracted Driving: A Social Epidemic My rhetorical audience is the Palmyra Borough Council is the local government for Palmyra, Pennsylvania. It is comprised of residents of Palmyra Borough that are elected every two to four years. They value maintaining, or decreasing, the fiscal budget and creating a safe community for their residents to live in while improving the community they represent. Borough Council has the legislative power to create a law that increases the fee associated with the anti-texting while driving law and partner the school district and police department. Additionally, creating powerful preventative measures for all drivers improves their reputation among voters and could recruit more voters come election time next …show more content…
I have witnessed dozens of students wait in the long line at each exit of the high school parking lot, passing the time Snapchat-ting, checking Twitter, or texting. Posting a police car outside of each entrance to the school between 7:30 and 7:50 each morning and between 2:30 and 2:50 each afternoon has the potential to deter students and parents from using their phone while driving to …show more content…
Driver’s education is already offered at the high school, but covers very little information about distracted driving. My plan would not interfere with the pre-existing education, but supplement it. With the partnership with the police department, students would be able to connect with our police officers and learn about the extensive consequences texting and driving could have. The curriculum that the officers teach would be similar to the D.A.R.E. program, or Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program. During the two to three-week program, tenth graders would be educated about the fines and charges they could face if they were found guilty of texting and driving, listen to first-hand testimonials from the Brezitski family, and experience what it would be like to text and drive through a simulator supplied by the Lehigh Valley Health Network. One class would be dedicated to hearing the story of the Brezitski family. Their son, Owen was struck in a crosswalk by a young driver who was sending a text. Tragically, he passed away shortly thereafter. His parents were determined to stop all drivers from driving distracted by creating the Orange for Owen Foundation (Our). A study performed by Kelli Noble and Dave Young found that students who received driver’s education were 14% less likely to

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