Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving. Texting while driving should be illegal. Texting causes crashes‚ injury‚ and possible death. Texting and driving is a huge problem in America‚ especially among teens and young adults. One reason why texting and driving should be illegal is it distracts the driver from the road. Another reason why is because it endangers the drivers around the person who is texting. The third reason why is because teens and young adults
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Neistat’s video “Texting While Walking” is arguing against texting while walking by listing the dangers of it. His claim that texting and walking is dangerous. Neistat uses examples of actors running into things due to them not paying attention to their surroundings‚ disrupting the flow of pedestrians because they stop in the middle of a street‚ and other pedestrians becoming annoyed by the actor texting and walking to defend his claim (Neistat‚ 2012). The main purpose of “Texting While Walking” is
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the United States (US). Meaning that such law could actually end up being a life saver. That law can and will make the road a saver place to travel. Texting while driving and Drunk driving is very dangerous‚ it almost doubles the chance to get into a car accident. So a such law will almost double the safety of the road. Driving while texting is so dangerous and some people don’t even recognize how dangerous it is. When a person text and drives they think they’re multitasking‚ while most people
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The National Safety Council states that: “cell phone use while driving causes 1.6 million crashes each year.” Texting while driving is mostly operated by teenagers‚ but as society develops a lot of adults are starting to contribute to it as well. Texting while driving is very distracting to the driver. Texting while driving has also become a recent and huge problem in our communities. About 78 percent of people own cell phones today and just imagine how many of those people own and operate a vehicle
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characteristics of text messaging are making children lazy‚ not forcing them to use the proper grammar they learn in school. Feldman states that texting has become so popular that many have taken to calling today’s teens “generation text.” Texting is defined as the use of abbreviations and other techniques to craft messages sent through the cell phone. Texting does not always follow the standard rules of English grammar‚ nor usual word spellings. Literacy refers to more than reading and writing printed
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Communication Improved Through the use of Texting and Facebook What is communication? Communication can be defined as the process of exchanging information‚ ideas and messages from one person to another. An important factor in communication is the existence of a medium through which the message is being communicated; this may include the use of letters‚ emails‚ texts‚ word of mouth as well as social networks such as Facebook. One of the communication mediums that are now being used widely is the
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This public service advertisement portrays texting and driving as a cause of injury that can be prevented. It seeks to get people to change their behavior by using a close up image of a man being punched in the face‚ comparing his reaction to that of cars crashing into each other due to texting and driving. A close-up view is more effective than a shot taken further away because the detail highlights the violence of the punch. We are able to see the pain in the man’s face while the spit is forced
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Introduction I. Question A. Be honest how many of you have talked on your cell phone while driving? 1. I’m pretty sure all of you have. 2. I know I am defiantly guilty of this. B. We all know texting and driving is illegal right? 1. Talking on the phone and driving is just fine. 2. There’s no law in Virginia against this 3. even in states that do have laws about this‚ you still can use wireless devices. 4. So no one really thinks that talking on the phone while driving is dangerous.
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all these hidden expectations for texting should disappear and everyone should follow one policy in order to feel more comfortable with texting: Be respectful. We need to stop treating texting like it is an old-fashioned thing when it isn’t. You can be respectful no matter the age or time period. Texting isn’t something that previous generations were dealing with‚ yet it is often being compared to other modes of communication that previous generations used. Texting is a very new way to communicate
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Texting and Driving vs. Drunk Driving Over the last century‚ technology has helped society move forward‚ making things faster and easier. Having a vehicle has allowed people to reach a destination faster than they would if they had to ride a bike or even walk. Also the ability to now text using a cell phone speeds up the communication process even more. With all the new technological advances you have to many people taking advantage of it; by texting while they are driving to make business or
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