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    English Dr. L. Bongiovanni Texting Research paper As technology advanced‚ text messaging was designed as a quick and quirky way to speak to one another without actually speaking. Text messaging has become very popular in recent years‚ especially amongst teenagers and young adults but the outcome of this advancement is not all positive. Although texting makes communication faster and easier there are many problems that derive from texting alone. Texting and driving‚ cheating on tests‚ negative

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    culprit — texting while driving. While captaining her Chevrolet Lumina‚ Brittany decided to text her mother‚ distracting her from the road ahead. Instead of hitting the send button‚ Brittany’s life hit the end button‚ as she drove off an embankment‚ went airborne‚ and smashed into a utility pole (Friedman‚ pars. 2-4). Stories like Brittany’s raise questions over whether or not texting while driving should be banned. Nowadays it is growing exceedingly common to see drivers using the texting application

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    English Assessment I was texting my daughter to ask when she would be home for dinner on a late afternoon. She texted back‚ I will be there soon. She never made it. I killed my own daughter because of a lousy text message. Good afternoon‚ my name is Rebecca Wilson and today I will be speaking about why texting and driving should be banned. Over 10‚000 people are killed and over 50‚000 are injured from text messaging and knowing that my little girl was one of the 10‚000 people that have been killed

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    an abrupt end due to distracted driving. These numbers are almost identical to the number of road fatalities that are caused by intoxicated drivers‚ showing a correlation that someone who is on their cell phone while driving is just as likely to be in an accident as they would be if they decided to drive under the influence. With these numbers rapidly growing each year‚ more states are deciding to take legal action by banning the use of cell phones while driving. Simultaneously‚ the majority of

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    not‚ but those who think the driving age should be raised are wanting this to happen. They are labeling all teens before they got into an accident or even before they got behind the wheel. They believe that because of someone’s birth date‚ they are by definition dangerous (“Lund”). The minimum driving age should stay at 16 of age because if it is raised‚ it will delay the experience of driving and it will cause an inconvenience for parents. Raising the legal driving age will only delay the experience

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    Daniel Lizama ENG 102 March 2‚ 2013 The Effectiveness of Prohibiting the Use of Cell Phones While Driving The use of cell phones while driving causes the driver to be distracted. “According to Major Huxtable‚ cell phone use can distract a driver’s attention from traffic and road conditions” (Wisconsin Department of Transportation). As technology advances more and more people are starting to own cell phones often times at such a young age. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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    purpose is to text other people‚ yet texting can have negative impacts on a person’s life. Texting can be dreadful for a person in his or her day to day life due to countless reasons. Some of the reasons are: the slangs and acronyms‚ incorrect use of grammar‚ and no sense of proper information being sent in the text message. A person should not use these texting criteria in his or her formal writing. Initially‚ slangs and acronyms are very commonly used while texting. It is important to use the slangs

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    Use a Cell Phone While Driving Cell Phones Kill Philip Theibert Philip Theibert‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jan 13‚ 2010 MORE:Cell Phone DangersTexting While Driving FlagPost a comment Here are 25 reasons not to use a cell phone when driving. 1. There are a thousand ways to die in a car crash and they are all permanent 2. No message is important enough to die for 3. Do you want a free nose job when your head hits the windshield 4 .Everyone around you is texting. You need to watch

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    ------------------------------------------------- Using a Cell Phone While Driving: It Can Wait In recent years‚ a new and extremely dangerous epidemic has plagued our roads. The use of cell phones while operating vehicles is an ongoing controversy that is resulting in more and more deaths each year. Consequently‚ we are now dealing with much more than the occasional switch of a radio station‚ or a casual conversation with a passenger; we are faced with constant preoccupation while driving. Talking/texting while in the car is an extreme

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    reckless driving of themselves or by the people around them. Using cellphones while driving has been a leading cause of accidents on road. Cellphone usage while driving should be banned in all fifty states as it has been one of the leading causes involved in major deadly accidents. Every other day it can be seen how texting and driving can make a person careless which causes accidents. Such as‚ every now and then the news shows how a mother lost control of her vehicle while she was busy texting and ended

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