because of drinking driving accidents. This money comes directly out of the citizens’ pockets in taxes and lost revenue. Transport Canada reports the minimum loss to society as a result of road accidents involving alcohol as $390‚000 per fatal accidents‚ $310‚000 per fatality‚ $12‚000 per injury accidents‚ $3‚600per injured victim. Almost 30‚000 Criminal Code license suspensions were issued in 1992 for drinking driving related charges. Over one-half (59%) were repeat drinking driving offenses. Of all
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for sober driving ultimately presenting arguments against impaired driving. Driving sober must be the only way a person gets behind the wheel no doubt that impairs drive is costly. There is no evident to support any arguments against sober driving‚ nonetheless‚ statistics have proven the implications of impaired driving. In 2008‚ more than 1.4 million individuals were detained for DUI‚ yet that figure speaks to under one percent of the self-detailed episodes of alcohol-impaired driving‚ as indicated
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A Few Things To Know About Driving School For Adults If you didn’t have the chance to take driving class when you where in school‚ and you still don’t have your license‚ you should look into going to driving school now. Having your license gives you better mobility and lets you be more independent. You may be a little nervous about going to driving school as an adult‚ but you’ll find it isn’t as intimidating as you may imagine. Here are a few basic things to know. Classes Are For Adults If you’re
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Stephen Hayes 12-3-14 English Comp I Mrs. Daniels Texting While Driving is Dangerous A split second is all it takes to send a text. A split second is all it takes to end a life. Most of us don’t think of the dangers that can occur when sending a text while driving. Imagine a sixteen year old teenager‚ driving on the roads; all of a sudden the teen receives a text from a friend. A split second later‚ an accident occurs; the teen that couldn’t wait to send a text has just slammed into the back of
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Texting While Driving While the ability to communicate away from our homes or work has become a vital tool to connect with family‚ friends‚ and emergency management agencies‚ it has also evolved into a tool of great danger when used while operating vehicle‚ particularly texting while driving. Texting while driving has become as dangerous to driver and passenger safety as are people driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. The number of teens killed because of
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another topic of conversation with cars has arrived. Should there be self driving cars? We have the technology to make them‚ even so that uber has made already made a couple of them. My argument is that we shouldn’t make self driving cars due to the ethical problems and other things that can arise if we decide to use self driving cars. First of‚ I can see why someone would make the argument that we should make self driving cars. That there are quite the conveniences to a car that can drive itself
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9/16/173rd Cellphone In my opinion i think using a cellphone while driving should be illegal because people could get in an accident. One reason i think cell phones should stay illegal while driving is because your insurance rate goes up. When your insurance company finds out that you have been cited for texting while driving your insurance may go up or possibly your policy will be dropped. Texting while driving could be very expensive whether you get pulled over and given a ticket or have
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throughout the United States “Beware the Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Texting While Driving July-Aug. 2010: n. pag. http://www.google.com. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. . Cell phones have brought us a lot convenient ways to talk to people. When it comes to road safety‚ the cell phone is very hazardous. Accidents have increased dramatically since texting has become more popular and people have taken chances of texting while driving. Even the small amount of time to glance at your phone to send a text
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Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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What is a self-driving car? A self-driving car is a car that uses motion sensors to “drive itself”. This new technology was originally created by Chris Urmson. Although this is a very clever idea‚ there are some pros and cons. Some pros are you can do other things in the car while going somewhere. Some examples are texting‚ looking something up on the internet‚ or even just relaxing. With the self-driving car‚ you don’t need to worry about falling asleep behind the wheel or paying attention to your
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