No Texting While Driving Do you own a cellphone that you use on a daily basis? If yes‚ then think about where and when you make use of it. At work? At home? While cooking? Any free time that you can get your hands on your phone? What about when you’re DRIVING? Because cell phones have become such a necessity in the world that we live in‚ people cannot go for long periods of time without turning to them to text‚ check Facebook or make a call. This impairs our judgment and we don’t always pay
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cCELL PHONES A cell phone is the biggest invention of this century. It changed our lives dramatically and nothing is the same anymore. Especially combining computer and phone made such a different world for everyone. The reason for the invention was to help us communicating easily‚ but in my opinion it also causes us to cut off communication between people. First of all‚ we became virtual humans because we are constantly texting and using social media on our phones‚ we also start having virtual
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Unfortunately with texting being so convenient‚ it comes with its negative aspects as well. People feel the pressure to remain in constant contact even behind the wheel. The dependency on such a thing has become a serious and dangerous dilemma. Cell phones have become a part of people’s lives so much. We live in a generation with instant information and gratification that sometimes we become pressured by others to update what we are up too‚ or what we are doing throughout our day. For most part
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- at 55 mph - of driving the length of an entire football field‚ blind… Well I´m sure‚ most of us have texted while driving at least once… Let me tell you‚ that according to the Distraction.gov (official U.S. Goverment website for distracted driving)‚ Texting is the most alarming distraction because it involves manual‚ visual‚ and cognitive distraction simultaneously. If it’s so dangerous‚ why do people do it? Some people still don’t know how dangerous distracted driving is. Others know
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Bibliography for Texting and Driving In Harris County Texas it is said that one of the most dangerous crimes committed is drunk driving. Unfortunately drunk driving is a big issue hanging over the heads of law enforcement. Harris County is number one in the country for drunken driving fatalities‚ and yet I will make the argument that texting while driving is potentially as dangerous if not more as drunk driving. I believe the reason that this issue is more volatile than drunk driving because everyone is
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Driving a Thin Line I’d be lying if I said I never text while driving. But I recognize the dangers‚ and try to do it as little as possible. However‚ there are still incidents that occur. One day‚ I was driving down Highway 6‚ passing Walmart‚ and received a text from my brother asking what time baseball practice was. I went to reply and took my focus off my driving. This immediately endangered myself‚ anyone else in the car‚ and everyone in the cars around me. While texting‚ I have no ability to
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING In today’s society texting and driving has become an increasingly serious issue. Not only is it now illegal which is a totally different subject itself; but its life threatening to you and many others. Texting takes only just moments‚ but in that moment it could harm a life or even take one for that matter. What are the causes of texting while driving? It could be anything from being careless; to being in a hurry. In today’s time communication is limited‚ quick and short
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Imagine you are driving down the highway and suddenly a car hits the car in front of you. In that car there was one adult‚ one teenager‚ and toddler‚ and a newborn baby. The car that was hit got flipped over multiple times. No one in the car managed to survive that accident. This all happened because the driver decided to pull out their phone and text a simple “Yes.” Texting and driving is a huge problem in the United States. Many laws have been passed to prevent texting and driving. It also causes
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in many roads in the 21st century. Texting while driving lowers the concentration of the driver. In many cases‚ if unexpected things come up the chances of a driver to make rational decisions are so minimal therefore ends up causing accidents. In the past five years‚ the use of mobile phones and tablets is almost inevitable since they are the standard devices of communication. However‚ the drivers should act responsibly by avoiding texting while driving since it endangers the lives of the people
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people almost up to 65% are using their smart phones to read news feeds‚ post status updates‚ read & reply to messages and post photos. This shows that now people are leaving PCs and moving towards Smartphone‘s. Texting while driving is a growing trend‚ and a national epidemic‚ quickly becoming one of the country’s top killers. Drivers assume they can handle texting while driving and remain safe‚ but the numbers don’t lie. When it comes to driving‚ teenagers have a lot of factors working against
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