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    Texting while driving is the act of composing‚ sending‚ reading text messages‚ email while driving. (Wikipedia) The age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the under-20 age group. (2009‚NHTSA) With todays technology teenagers feel the need to be connected to their friends at all time. Even the simplest of conversations become extremely important due to the fact that they feel like they need to be talking twenty four seven. Texting and driving is so common that it increases

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    Persuasive Speech Plan Topic: Texting while driving is dangerous to you and others. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not to drive and text. When I have finished my speech‚ my audience will be able to see why driving and texting is dangerous to themselves as well as others. Central Idea: Persuade others not to text and drive because it is very dangerous. Persuasive Proposition: (Statement of Fact‚ Value‚ or Policy) Statement of fact and

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    Is Texting and Driving as bad as Drinking and Driving? Amber King Zane State College There are many dangers when both drinking while driving and texting while driving. In this essay the two will be compared and contrasted to find why people do them even with the dangerous consequences. Drivers think they can text while driving and also drink while driving because they think they can get away with it because nothing has affected them in the past while doing it. Michael Austin

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    constantly having to stress about making sure she has clothes on her back and food in her mouth. I also have to make sure she has a baby sitter while I am at work and school. Raising a child is very stressful‚ especially while trying to go to college. School stresses me out a lot‚ with trying to keep up with my work and study for all of my test. While I am at school I still contently have to stress about my daughter‚ on top of trying to pay attention in class. I am trying to go to college to get

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    Analysis of I am Texting While Driving What makes texting and driving so dangerous? According to Mike Lukovich‚ it can lead to death. Lukovich’s cartoon is originally from the Atlanta Journal Constitution‚ and taken from the website haha.nu/entertainment “I am texting while driving.” It displays a two panel scenario. The scenario consists of a driving man in the left panel and of a figure many recognize as death in the right panel. The message that the artist is conveying in this cartoon can be

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    Texting and Driving

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    phones are major distractions when people are driving. People are so used to using their cell phones‚ some people consciously use them without knowing it and soon cause accidents that injury innocent people. Teens today have been in many crashes or died because of the carelessness of themselves or others. The main reason for this is because they are not paying attention when driving and not being careful. Cell phones are major distractions when driving. A report from the University of Utah say

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    Driving and Texting

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    their lives easier due to the amount of communication a cell phone allows. Cell phones make it convenient to leave a text message that can be attended to later. But Americans have abused the real meaning of texting. One of America’s biggest addictions needs to be put to an end. The law should prohibit ALL people from texting and/or talking on their cell phones when driving a vehicle. When it comes to texting and driving‚ the texting can wait. If people would be more cautious when driving and put

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    September 9‚ 2012 Every day we witness multiple tragic accidents involving people texting and driving. In my paper I will be arguing that the state of Minnesota should act boldly to create tougher laws on texting and driving offenders‚ and also create laws to ban people from using hands-free cell phones in their vehicle unless needed for an emergency. Also it is to be determined the meaning of texting and driving‚ the people involved‚ the laws needed to enforce it‚ which is affected when someone

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    Texting and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving As if drunk driving wasn’t dangerous enough‚ put anyone with a cell phone behind the wheel and it gets much worse. "Vehicle crashes are one of the top causes of death for just 15-20 year olds" (Thomas‚ 2009). "Emma Vieira‚ 19‚ of Colchester‚ Vermont‚ left a woman in a coma and killed a dog as a result of an accident back in August of 2011. Vieira was texting at the time of the accident. About 6‚000 deaths are caused by distracted

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    Stanley Bussey Essay 2 Draft 4 Eng 103-0870 Dr. David Sibbitt Texting and Driving‚ You Never Know Not a care in the world. Teenage years are supposed to be the best time in my life‚ because all I have to worry about is me. Why should I care about the next person? Who can I hurt by sending out this text? My girls and I are just fooling around and having some fun and I’m just texting some boy teasing my friend in the back. It will only take a second to send this text and then I’m right back to

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