drivers get in a accident due to texting and driving. Whether it’s just looking down at your phone for a second‚ that second can take someone’s life. In Los Angeles between December 2016-January 2017 there were about 630 fatal car accidents. 28% of those accidents were caused by a irresponsible human beings looking down at their phone. It really makes you realize if liking that Instagram picture or even watching a 10 sec.snapchat story was worth it. When it comes to driving every second counts. I realize
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Juan Martinez Problem Exist * Although cell phones can help to maximize time usage for business owners‚ texting while driving is detrimental‚ the government should pass a law to limit their usage and protect people on the road. The cause of accidents * The majority of the population owns a cellphone which they make use of in their daily lives. * Elizabeth Wasserman‚ member of CQ staff‚ in her article “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger” asserts that although there are many distractions
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Cell Phones While Driving In today’s society‚ most people rely on their cell phone to do just about anything. Cell phones have opened up many opportunities for communication. There has been an increased reliance on cell phones; people use them to make calls‚ send text messages‚ check emails‚ and even to do research on the internet. There are many advantages to having a device that opens up so much of the world‚ but people often forget about the dangers that go along with this. One of the biggest
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One sunday afternoon‚ the day was beautiful‚ the sun was shinning and the air was fresh. It seemed to be such a perfect day for anything tragic to happen. Then the moment I heard that deadly‚ faint yell I new something was wrong. Earlier before the event I was eating a delicious taco‚ in the newly remodeled kitchen. My mother was sitting in the living room next to me. She was doing her homework for college. After I finished my taco‚ I was headed down stairs to see what my brother was doing. Suddenly
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The Effects of Underage Drinking and Driving While Under the Influence Heather Herrick Dr. Hawkins ENC1101 November 27‚ 2012 ABSTRACT: Underage drinking is one of the biggest problems in society today (“Enforcing”). Throughout childhood‚ the brain is making changes that assist in planning‚ decision making‚ controlling impulses‚ memory‚ speech and also how the body responds to drugs and alcohol (“NIAAA”). Not only does underage drinking cause problems with brain development and unprotected
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No Cell Phones while Driving Kirk K. Ronolo COMM/215 July 10‚ 2012 Han Nee Chong Wester No Cell Phones while Driving In today’s world of advanced wireless technology‚ it is very uncommon for someone not to own a cell phone. In fact as of August 2011‚ 83% of American adults own cell phones. (Smith‚ 2011) Of these 83%‚ how many of them are using cell phones while driving? In todays fast paced world of "Time is money‚ and money is time" Americans are searching for shortcuts to accomplish
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Distractions While Driving Have you ever gotten distracted while driving in a car? Every day that you watch the news you either hear of someone getting into a car accident‚ by either talking or texting on a cell phone. It is becoming increasingly common for people to wreck due to distractions while driving. Talking and texting are just a couple ways that people get distracted while driving. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ in 2008‚ about twenty percent of all crashes in the year
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without thinking of their safety as well as others. They usually pay less attention on the road while they are driving. It is because they tend to do something else rather than focusing on driving. Talking phone at the same time of driving is the most serious one among all of the activities that disturbs people attention on their driving. Because of this reason‚ some people say that talking phone while driving should be banned. “Distraction has been identified as a contributing factor in 22%
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Texting and Driving OutlineBarbara PoeComm. / 21810 -06-2014John BiroTexting and Driving OutlineIntroduction Hello my name is Barbara Poe‚ my goal today is to convince teens that texting and driving can be hazardous to their lives and everyone else on the roads they travel. I will be trying to persuade them not to text while driving by giving them scary statics. I will be asking teen drivers to take the pledge not to text and drive. Texting and driving is: A. Distractive driving – Taking
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The Texting Tool It’s eleven o’clock on a Thursday night and right before you go to bed‚ a tone too familiar pops up. Your friend asks through a text to read his essay‚ finding poor grammar and spelling abbreviations such as “bc” and “prob” ‚ you begin to think to yourself‚ “ How can texting really find its way into my friends paper?” According to Michaela Cullington‚ in the article “Does Texting Affect Writing” Cullington had done some research of texting and how it will affect a writer’s behavior
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