Comparing Distracted Driving and Drunk Driving As smartphones have become more commonplace and accessible to people in recent years‚ distracted driving has emerged as a huge threat in our society. From arguing teens in the back seat to a child that dropped his sippy cup‚ there are a multitude of reasons we become distracted in our vehicles. For decades‚ drunk driving was one of the primary concerns when it came to vehicle collisions on U.S. roads. Choosing to drive after having only one or two
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The effect of Literacy Due to Texting Nowadays‚ texting is the main source of communication‚ especially for college students. They tend to not have the time to have conversations with others on the phone because of all the studying and work they may be doing‚ so they will send a quick text to keep in contact with friends‚ family‚ or fellow classmates. The way the words are sent in these text messages are usually abbreviated to quicken the process of texting or spell check tends to fix every word
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Demetrius Isaac 27 November 2013 To Hattie Isaac Driving Essay In today ’s world driving is considered a right‚ but in fact as I have found out it is a big privilege and one with many consequences. “Fatalities due to driving rose from 105 in 2002 to 181 in 2006 by now the total will be almost 350 deaths in one year.” That is almost one person a day. As a driver I must have a lot of maturity in order to accept the enormous responsibility of having a license. In order to operate a car I must take
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accidents. However raising the minimum driving age at which people can drive might reduce this. But is this a benefit to society or are the statistics true? We can help lower these accidents rates if the driving age is raised till the age 21‚ and so that no more kids can get hurt or get serious injured or killed on a free way or by another car crashing into their can. If we do raise the driving age it will be much safer for the young drivers. I think that the driving age should be banned till the age
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Phone While Driving Chaveli Lopez Keiser University Abstract Driving is one of the skills that require full attention to control the vehicle and respond to the events happening on the road. Use a cell phone while driving involves visual‚ manual and mental distractions (NHTSA‚ 2005). Several studies have found that young people are more likely to use cell phone than older people. Young drivers are almost five times more likely than older drivers to report phone use while driving (McEvoy
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Soda Ban Teenagers seem to crave sugary drinks‚ and the growing intake of sugar by young people has kept the Food Ministry on edge. The average daily consumption of sugar by teenagers was higher‚ at 69.6 grams (2.4 ounces)‚ than that of any other age group‚ according to the results of a survey released. Soft drinks were said to be the biggest contributor to that sugar intake. New York City had planned to implement their ban on large sugary drinks such as soda but the ban was rejected because restaurants
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country that needs addressing like knowing that Dianne Feinstein and Barack Obama are trying to put a ban on assault weapons for american citizens in this ban they are going to try to ban any and all ar style rifles or ak style rifles. any rifle or pistol that has more than 5 rounds rifle any detachable magazine they are going to try to ban any military style looking rifle they are going to ban. is it good or is it bad that they are banning this that is a decision to whomever the reader is to make
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The smoking ban The smoking ban was introduced in Britain on July 1th 2007. When it came into effect it was prohib ited to smoke cigarettes in most of public places and workplaces in England like bars‚ pubs‚ cafés and in busses and trains. This law has brought a big debate. In this assignment I will investigate the debate and create a discussion with a part of my own opinions. 1. In text 1‚ Robin McKie claims how good it is for everyone that the smoking ban is getting intro duced. According
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their health. In 1972‚ the surgeon general released a report The Consequence of Smoking which discussed the potential effects of second hand smoke. The first kind of smoking bans came around in the 1970s. Restrictions were implemented on smoking in public places like government buildings and some airlines. The full ban of smoking on all airline went into effect in June 1996. (Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events) According to the “American Nonsmokers Right Foundation’s
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The New Texting Language: Bilingual or Lazy? The use of cell phones has taken over this generation’s communication with each other. According to Timothy Barranco‚ he says that in “Today’s society the youth are becoming bilingual without even realizing it.” (Barranco Pg.27) The author analyzes whether the texting language can be considered a second language‚ or is the new language just another way for Americans to diminish the English language. In the article “A Way with Words‚ or Away with Words:
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