| Text messaging was intended for quick exchange of | | | | dangerous thing while driving. |
| information presumably for emergencies. For | | | | The other negative effect is the poor spelling habit |
| messages that need short words, the short | | | | that it develops among young people. It is natural for |
| messaging systems are supposed to be preferred. If | | | | them to want to make a shorter version of the |
| you are in a public place, for example, it is better for | | | | words so as to get it done quickly. However, they |
| people to send text messages that talk aloud and | | | | carry this through even when writing formal |
| make others hear of their conversation. It has its | | | | documents. Young people are becoming poor at |
| advantages, sadly, there are also negative effects. | | | | spelling even simple words. |
| There has been several movement, celebrities, TV | | | | Text messaging also brings about an impersonal |
| shows and advertising campaigns raising the | | | | culture. People are substituting personal interaction |
| awareness about the accidents that may be | | | | with text messaging. People say important things on |
| attributed to sending or reading text messages while | | | | their phone when they should actually be said |
| driving. It distracts the drivers and causes them to | | | | personally. |
| lose control or lose their concentration while driving. | | | | Culture evolves along with its people and that is |
| Many states and countries have, in fact, made | | | | something that everyone knows will happen. What is |
| sending and receiving text messages while driving | | | | sad is what it is transforming into. Although many will |
| illegal. The fine should actually be significant to clearly | | | | argue that this kind of a change is just like any other |
| send the message. | | | | change that happened in the past, radical in the |
| Text messaging may actually be more dangerous | | | | beginning, common eventually. Text messaging may |
| than talking while driving (provided you are on | | | | be one of those but it is pretty hard to think about |
| wireless) as it requires the driver to take their eyes | | | | the time when the phone stands separates two |
| off the road and on to the phone. It is the most | | | | people even when they are sitting side by side. |