English 1101 October 16‚ 2013 Is There a Solution to the Dangers of Distracted Driving? Recently “Texas college student Chance Bothe’s last words prior to driving his truck off a cliff were in the form of a text message: “I need to quit texting‚ because I could die in a car accident.” He miraculously survived‚ but Bothe’s story has become an ironic example of the dangers of texting while driving” (Zafar). Distracted driving has become a worldwide problem that is ending/injuring the lives of hundreds
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The statistics showing accidents in the United States due to distracted driving is alarming. A 2014 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that distracted driving is the cause for 18 percent of injury crashes‚ and 16 percent of all police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes. For that same year‚ 3‚179 people killed and an estimated additional 431‚000 people injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. An estimated 660‚000 drivers are using mobile phones
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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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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking. MADD also supports drunk and drugged driving victims (Mothers Against Drunk Driving [MADD]‚ 2000). The MADD organization is the result of the tragic death of Cari Lightner and was highly influenced by the suffering of young Laura Lamb which lead to her death as well. Throughout the years‚ Mothers Against Drunk Driving has expanded to every state in the United
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BSHS/355 Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization that was created in the United States and is also being implemented in Canada. This organization was created in 1980 by Candice Lighter‚ from Fair Oaks California‚ after her then 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunk driver. This organizations mission is to stop drunk driving as well as provides education about drunk driving‚ supports victims and their families of drunk driving‚ and fighting for strict policies
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is an organization that was founded in 1980 due to the tragic death of a thirteen-year-old year girl in California that was killed by a repeat offender drunk driver. The organization quickly grew larger when the girl’s mother had found out how lenient the laws against drunk driving were. MADD is kept alive by its founders and activist who all have strong beliefs towards what the organization stands for. In 2000 the organization had more than two million members
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A Time to Kill (1996) Violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms In the movie A Time To Kill‚ many rights & freedoms were violated according to the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. In this paragraph‚ three very big & important rights and/or freedoms will be discussed. The first is section 2 (Fundamental Freedoms)‚ part c. The freedom of peaceful assembly was violated seven times in the movie; the most prominent is when the KKK formed outside the courthouse
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elders‚ they never wish to stop driving. The same concept goes for those with disabilities they’re born with‚ blindness‚ and even more tragically for those that have suddenly lost the ability to drive at a younger age. The freedom and capabilities to access transportation easily on our own should never have to end. Drivers will simply have the ability to type in or speak into their cars of their destination and let the car do the work (Dallegro). Introducing self-driving cars into society today will
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and driving. When someone is under the influence of alcohol they really don’t know the right choices from the wrong ones. More times then not those people make the wrong choice to get behind the wheel of a car. Just because someone is drunk doesn’t mean its an automatic thing that they will crash but it does increase the chances by quite a bit. No matter what age you are‚ a new licensed driver being 16 to an elderly man being 80‚ this is always going to be bad and frowned upon by anyone. Drunk driving
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what laws they put into place. One of my best friends was killed by a drunk driver when I was a Sr. in high school so I thought it would be a good idea to learn more about what laws have been passed to prevent as many people from possible from getting behind the wheel. Interdisciplinary Evaluation This topic is definitely interdisciplinary because just one discipline such as law enforcement cannot prevent people from driving drunk. It takes education‚ communication. I don’t think people will ever
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