Maggie Behm Distracted driving is exactly what it sounds like. Distracted driving is driving while distracted. These distractions can range anywhere from eating to using a cell phone while driving- texting or calling‚ from loud music to having friends and family members in the car with you while you are driving. Almost anything can be a distraction as long as it takes your attention away from driving for anytime as short as five seconds. In fact‚ one study it said that eighty percent of all crashes
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tell you that the piece of technology that helps you better communicate can be harmful to your health and safety. Texting while driving can be harmful to you and others in your vehicle. There recently has been more awareness about the dangers of texting and driving‚ but most people still put themselves at risk. “About one in four mobile phone users still texts when driving‚ according to a recent survey.” (Hamblen) Cell phones have a tendency to capture the persons attention almost memorizing
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your parents or friends to drive you everywhere‚ Getting your driver’s license is seen as a milestone in every teenager’s life‚ and is something that most everyone looks forward to in their lives. This was a different story for me. The thought of driving absolutely terrified me. The thought of controlling a 2 ton vehicle going at a very fast speed on a busy road among other large heavy vehicles made me sweat. But‚ in order to be granted this passage into freedom‚ learning how to drive a car was something
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borrowings . . . . . . . 4 II Spheres of borrowings . . . . . . . 6 III Classification of borrowings . . . . . . 7 1. Types of borrowings . . . . . . . 8 IV Research part . . . . . . . . . 9 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . 15 List of literature . . . . . . . . . 17 Introduction The theme of the research paper is “English borrowings”. This theme arouses my interest as it’s widely discussed in all scientific circles. New languages are born‚ some die out‚ and lots of
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as possible. Large trucks also have large blind spots. The general rule is that if you cannot see the driver’s head in the truck’s side view mirror‚ then he likely cannot see you. To avoid these large blind spots to the sides of trucks‚ keep your driving time to the sides of trucks to an absolute minimum and make sure to check to see that the truck’s turn signals are not on when deciding to pass the truck. Of course‚ do not attempt to pass if you notice the truck weaving in and out of a lane‚ this
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been passed making texting and driving illegal. This law was approved because of the mass amount of accidents occurring due to the operator of a vehicle texting while driving. I do not believe a Public Service Announcement about this topic will reduce the number of distracted driving related incidents. Other people believe this type of announcement will in fact reduce the number of distracted driving related accidents. Texting isn ’t the only type of distracted driving. It can be anything from brushing
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No State Left Behind: Laws Against Distracted Driving In Idaho and as a Nation The majority of the people in the world don’t intentionally put themselves in dangerous situations‚ yet tragedies occur every day. Each year a motorcycle hill climbing competition is held in New Plymouth‚ Idaho called the Big Nasty Hill Climb. On September 19‚ 2009 my sister’s best friend Lacy Fine set out for a day of fun with her cousin Brittani and her cousin’s boyfriend Carlos to watch the hyped up event. She’s never
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The Driving Age Most people don’t like the driving age at 21‚ a lot of them are teens. A lot of the teens feel that the government is taking away part of there freedom. If teens at 18 are able to vote and‚ go into the military shouldn’t they be able to drive‚ at 18 to? In some states the driving age is 16‚ I think it should be raised to 18 because most‚ Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year-olds. I think it would be better‚ to get your driving license
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Alina Zubenskaya Sue Pesznecker WR 121 Don’t Drink and Drive Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads
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