Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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are getting worse and worse at everyday careless driving. The people of the world as a whole‚ are all to blame for not being more aware while driving and being behind the wheel. With technology booming‚ cellphones are coming into major play for being a major contributor to bad driving. Texting while driving is becoming a really big issue in the common day. [Despite people wanting to do it‚ especially while stuck in traffic‚ Texting while driving should be against the law to prevent fewer deaths‚ and
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Cell phones are the way of life today. In the US‚ little kids are carrying around the newest iPhone versions. Closing the digital divide requires studying and learning about the country’s needs and capabilities of upgrading to the digital world. There are countries that are financially unable to afford a cell phone‚ but it should be the cell phone companies that should be able to work around various prices for cell phones. For example‚ in the U.S. the iPhone is taking over and consumers require the
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Professor Nance English Composition I 2 December 2014 Texting While Driving‚ Why is it a Norm? A group of friends were crossing the street when bam! A car ran a red light and struck them. The driver was texting on the cell phone. Each year‚ 5‚000 traffic fatalities are caused by distraction on a phone (Key Facts: Distractions). This statistic from the American Automobile Association shows the dangerous effects of texting and driving. However‚ many states are now looking at laws to change these
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Specific Purpose: I want to persuade my audience to stop using their cell phones while driving a vehicle because it is extremely irresponsible and dangerous. Central Idea: Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous to yourself and others on the road and is one of the top reasons for car accidents. Attention Grabber: February 16th‚ 2010 my best friend was driving her dads new truck he just bought. She was on her way to my house. I texted her at 3:13 to ask her where she was at 3:15 she was involved
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April 2013 Texting While Driving: Worse Than Drinking and Driving I was on the freeway on my way to school when all of a sudden out of nowhere a car pulled into my lane without any signal. I slammed on my brakes because the car almost hit me. The driver never turned to look. I honked my horn‚ but the driver didn’t take into consideration my horn and kept driving. I changed lanes and caught up with the car to see who was driving‚ and it was a young female texting on her phone. She kept taking her
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The cellular phone industry was born in the early 1980s‚ when communications technology that had been developed for the Department of Defense was put into commerce by companies focusing on profits. This group‚ with big ideas but limited resources‚ pressured government regulatory agencies—particularly the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—to allow cell phones to be sold without pre-market testing. The rationale‚ known as the “low power exclusion‚” distinguished cell phones from dangerous microwave
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Cell Phones: Good or Bad? Many schools across the globe let students use their phones in class. May it be for research‚ music‚ or just to play games in downtime‚ the schools allow them to be on their phones. A lot of other schools disapprove of students having their cell phone out for any reason at all. I think that all schools should allow their students to have their phones for many different reasons. But some students will try to abuse it‚ which should not be allowed to take part in being allowed
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Argument Organizer Choose one of the following questions to answer for the argument essay in this module. Does our state do enough to prevent distracted driving? OR Can a Public Service Announcement (PSA) help reduce the number of distracted driving incidents? Part One 1. Write the claim you will present in your argument essay. I believe that the state does not do enough to prevent distracted driving because they really do not want to take action on anything until something major
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The 500-word Essay: Some Thoughts Gordon Thompson The 500-word length is consistent with many other kinds of professional writing‚ from blogs to book reviews. Moreover‚ if you want to capture and hold your audience ’s attention‚ the three-section statement maximizes your opportunity. The statements below provide ideas on how you might successfully write. The short essays for this seminar have several goals. 1. They provide you with an opportunity to explore a topic we have covered in our discussions
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