Texting and Listening, Killers on The Road

Listening to songs is a kind of leisure activity where we always do in our free time. Texting people by using the cell phone are also a kind of communication platform. But in this globalization world, many youngsters are absorbed in their cell phones or music players that they eventually do not aware of what is happening around them. If they lose concentration, they might get themselves in trouble if they are on the road, even on the pedestrian’s pathways. Do you know that this kind of action may lead to troubles and accidents which may harm lives of the people and the drivers on the road? But people often say that this kind of matter is not quite of a problem, so they should not be a problem. But I think that these actions may lead to severe problems. So I think that listening to music and texting on the road should be banned.

People might ask what the reason of banning these actions is, but eventually, they did not realize that the problem is getting more serious. When people walking on streets do not pay attention to where their walking, they might get themselves in trouble. Besides that, it may be dangerous for the drivers to drive if the pedestrians did not pay attention to their pace. A polytechnic student, Seah Jia Hao, 17, said that 'I don't think it's dangerous. If I can't hear a car when it's behind, it's the driver's responsibility to look out for me because I'm in front of him.’ This is a wrong opinion of what people think nowadays. They actually do not think that this is their responsibility. So, they just recklessly walk without paying attention to where their walking.

Subsequently, if people who are listening to music in their music players in a loud volume, they actually can’t focus on the sounds around you. According to the article, noise-cancelling earphones can silence almost 100 percent of ambient noise, which may lead to accidents. Why would it lead to accidents anyway? This is because people who are listening to music in a loud volume condition actually cannot hear the ringing sound of the bicycles behind or in front of them. Consequently, they will possibly collide with the cycler. This may cause accidents like injuries and even fatal. Student Phyllis Ng, 17, who almost bumped into a reporter while texting, said: 'I often bump into others but I'll still text away as it's already a habit.' Although it is a habit, but we should not take it so easily. This is because accidents may happen next time. It happens so lucky that this guy did not actually meet up with the real accident, he just got bumped by the bicycle but if the cycler is riding fast, and he did not hear the ringing sound from far, then he might get a severe injury.

Although people will argue that, ‘Why should you ban this? It is a kind of leisure activity and it is a kind of freedom to actually listen to songs. Maybe we can just lower down the volume or text not so often when we are on the streets.’ Unfortunately, this would not actually work for some reasons. As mention above, we actually cannot be focus on the thing we are doing because listening to music will somehow distract you. So, this is actually not quite of a problem solver.

All in all, we can actually see that listening to music and texting on the streets is actually a cause of these accidents and these problems is worsen in a quick pace as days past. Teenagers actually do not notice these kinds of problem. You would not want to see your friends or parents fell sad just because you got in an accident because of these small actions that entertain you for a while but may cause you your life in return. In that case, we should all be aware of these problems and change it before it is too late. So, I think that using cell phones and listening to music players on the road should be ban before these problems worsen.