Texting While Driving Did you know that in 2011 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones? That is 1.3 MILLION crashes (D7 R.W). Cell phones are huge distractions and are especially dangerous on the road. Being in a huge‚ fast‚ and solid peice of metal‚ you don’t need any distractions. I’m Renae and this is Karli. I would like for you to think before picking up that phone in the car. One of the big obvious reasons is that it is extremely dangerous (2C R.W) and nearly 500‚00 people are injured
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Sinita L Acklin Mr. K. Smith ENG-093 18 Feb 13 Teenage Driving and the problems that occur.. Imagine you just hit a car head-on. It’s probably because you are under the influence. This is why experts say the driving age should be raised to age 18. The minimum driving age differs from state to state. The lowest driving age in the United States is 13. That is in the state of Nebraska. You have to be thirteen years old qualify for a “farm husbandry permit.” The 13 year
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Texting and Driving It has become very popular to use our phones to call‚ text‚ e-mail‚ and even research on the internet. As technology gives us better phones we become attached to our luxuries. It has become easier to communicate with others and get important information to our friends and acquaintances. Phones have become a convenience‚ most of all an unnoticeable attachment and habit. We as Americans have become open to new ideas‚ and texting while driving has become one of them. We do not seem
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Drunk Driving Death “Every 53 minutes a life is lost in the United States because of drunk driving accidents; that equals to 27 people every day. On average‚ a drunk driver will drive 80 times under the influence before their first arrest” (“11 Facts About…” 1). Drunk driving is the second cause of car accidents in the US. Texting and driving takes the number one cause of accidents in the United States. Many people have died from drinking and driving. They could have called someone to take
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University of Phoenix Material Effective Study Habits Worksheet Review Phoenix Career Plan results of Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preference‚ respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe your ideal study environment. My ideal study environment would be one where I can be comfortable and am in an environment that I will not be easily distracted. A place where I can lay all of my materials out and not have to worry about crowding or a child coming in
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Reckless Driving Cars invention helped to satisfy people need for transportation. Although‚ driving defensively is the global demand for using cars‚ still there are some drivers practicing different kinds of reckless driving behaviors on the streets. Reckless driving is a kind of behavior that you will eventually regret. There are so many effects caused by reckless driving. This paper will discuss three of them‚ loosing vehicle control‚ violating traffic law and involving in an accident.
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Fatalities From Distracted Driving in the United States‚ 1999 to 2008." American Journal of Public Health 100.11 (2010): 2213-2219. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. Fernando A. Wilson and Jim P. Stimpson focus on the trends of distracted drivers and their relation to cell phone use. They give records data and statistics on all road fatalities on U.S. Roads from 1998 to 2008 from The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). They include trends in driving fatalities due to distracted
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incorporate fitness and nutrition in their daily lives. This paper will discuss fitness and nutrition habits‚ and suggest new habits that will benefit your health and promote healthy weight. a) Explain your current fitness and nutritional habits. I have had a membership to 24 hour fitness for over 5 years and I can count the times I’ve worked out at the facility on one hand. I currently do not have a fitness habit in place. After I had my daughter 19 months ago‚ it was hard to get back into a fitness routine
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Texting and Driving Texting has become a daily thing‚ it’s quicker than a phone call and it’s easy to keep in touch with everybody. But with texting‚ just like talking‚ comes the people who think they can text and drive. Texting takes about five seconds‚ but in that minute a lot of things can happen‚ you can run off the road‚ hit a car‚ hit a tree‚ the possibilities are endless. To type a text it usually takes five seconds‚ when driving at 55mph in five seconds you go as far as a football field
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non-smokers of the same age. Lung function continues to worsen as long as the person smokes‚ but it may take years for the problem to become noticeable enough for lung disease to be diagnosed. Smoking causes many lung diseases that can be nearly as bad as lung cancer. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a name for long-term lung disease which includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD most often starts unnoticed in young smokers‚ and usually gets far worse before it’s diagnosed
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