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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Cell Phone Usage While Driving Cell phone usage while driving is a very common trend around the US. Cell phones are a part of everyday life in today’s world. Cell phones allow people to multitask‚ doing many other things while still on their phone. Although individuals are able to multitask‚ driving is one task that requires ones full attention. Cell phone usage raises many risks while driving. Those who use a cell phone while driving risk their life‚ the lives of others‚ and could be breaking the
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phone while driving is dangerous and ought to be banned. Talking on a cell phone‚ even while using a hands free device‚ distracts the driver and makes them a hazard to themselves and others on the road. Some claim that government should not be able to legislate against people’s freedom to use their cell phones where and when they wish. Although people’s freedoms and rights are important‚ they should not be allowed to stretch so far that they put others in danger. Using a cell phone while driving
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Texting while driving has become more common in today’s society and while seemingly innocent‚ the act of texting while driving can also be one of the most dangerous and possibly fatal forms of communications. Whether the driver is texting‚ emailing or talking on the cellular device it can cost many lives. Cellular device texting is the number one distraction in the United States. Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents happen when people text while driving. Why do people text and drive
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Texting and Driving Christian was a victim of a bad car accident. On February 12 Christian had just gotten his driver’s license and decided to go driving one late night. As he was texting his friends about a late party. While he looked down at a message a semi-truck collided into the side of the truck. Christian was then rushed to a hospital with very serious injuries. Although he survived he sometimes felt like he hadn’t. He had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair from being paralyzed
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Melanie Hendricks Dean Kelly EH 1302 09 March 2010 Cell Phone Usage While Driving Cell phones have grown in popularity enormously in the last twenty years. Having a cell phone has become a necessity for twelve year olds to senior citizens. Cell phones are the most widely used device of communication for Americans. Not only are cell phones used for talking‚ but also many cell phones have capabilities to do everything that a computer can do. Due to the increasing popularity and ever changing
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Running Head: IGNORANCE WHILE DRIVING 1 Ignorance while Driving Nicole Vanross Strayer University Savannah‚GA IGNORANCE WHILE DRIVING 2 Many of today’s accidents occur because people tend to act ignorant‚ and do things they are not suppose to do while driving. Driving is a special privilege and skill‚ which includes
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have a habit of driving a vehicle while using a cellphone. This has lead to the outlaw of cellphone use while driving. Those who agree with this law believe it will be very helpful to their community‚ while those against it believe the law infringes on their rights. Those against this law have not considered the positive affects this will have on many citizens. Therefore‚ cellphone use while driving should not be allowed! Those against the outlaw of cellphone use while driving believe that many
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Driving while under the influence of either alcohol or drugs in general is not a good idea‚ and is against the law. When you consume drugs or alcohol‚ it alters your perception of everything. You lose control of your thoughts‚ and how you will react to something. You need to have responsibility with your actions‚ and if you are not‚ you have to be prepared for the consequences. Don’t’ drive drunk; nothing good comes from it‚ and it is against the law. It is against the law to drive under the influence
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Texting while driving is a large taboo in this country. We are told not to text while driving in school. We are shown the tragic advertisements‚ the heart wrenching statistics‚ but all of this still leaves a disconnect. It can never happen to me is an unfortunate assumption that most of us make everyday without even intending to be self-centered. The idea that we could cause ourselves or others harm is a mood point that few care to consider‚ but we must if we are ever going to face the epidemic
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