Being Safe While Using Devices

Hello!
This week I have learned about safely communicating on digital devices. Safely communicating can go from not texting or calling while driving, to sending out appropriate pictures. Anything you send out on the internet or though text or any other devices can be viewed by anyone. Even once you delete the post, it can still be viewed. Many teenagers are the ones who violate the statement, and they do pay for it in the end.
Texting while driving is a very serious issue, especially with teenagers. Texting while driving is very distracting thing to do while driving. By doing this, you can injure yourself and also injure those around you. You pay less attention to the road, which can cause much harm. If you kill someone, you will face manslaughter charges. It is a serious offensive. You can learn about how this teenage girl received five years after killing a man on a motorcycle. http://www.ddfn.org/texting-driving-can-prison/
Eleven Facts about teens texting while driving are (http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-driving):

1. 33 percent of deaths among 13 to 19-year-olds in 2010 occurred in motor vehicle crashes.
2. 16-year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age.
3. 56 percent of teens said they talk on the phone while driving.
4. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger.
5. Only 44 percent of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them.
6. Teen drivers with involved parents are twice as likely to wear seat belts.
7. More than 40 percent of teen auto deaths occur between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
8. Talking on a cell phone can double the likelihood of an accident as well as slow a young driver’s reaction time down to that of a 70-year-old.
9. In their first year of driving 1 in 5 16-year-old drivers has an accident.
10. 56 percent of teenagers  rely on their parents to learn how to drive.
11. Crash risk for teens increase incrementally with each mile per hour over the speed limit
1. There are more risks of teens using texting or videos inappropriately. Many teens think they are sending a picture to one person, but it may end up on many people's phones. Even if you trust the person you are sending a picture to, it is not a good idea. You never know what they will do. They may show it off to their friends, or save it for black mail. You never can know what a person will do, or what they are really like. Every time you send or post anything, always think if it could hurt anyone, or even yourself. Many people may pose a problem, and you may have just not realized it yet. People can be evil, and you may not know until they start acting like it. Never trust a person with something that can get you in trouble, especially if it is in writing or on video. Many people do stupid actions for their friends, and they will learn to regret it later in life.