1113-41 30 Jan 2012 Examining Cell Phone Effects Kailla Schlimm’s article “The Effect of Cell Phones in Modern Society” addresses issues on how cell phones have altered modern day society. Schlimm’s article is mainly targeted towards children and teenagers. She begins by expressing the main point that some people rely on their cell phones for everything and gives reason of why this may be and list examples. Schlimm then extends her argument and tells how cell phones are used and what they are used
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Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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April 30‚ 2013: A woman driving her Dodge Ram truck on an eastern Texas highway crashes into an SUV kills the driver and a passenger leaving a 6-year-old boy paralyzed. Aug. 23‚ 2016: A motorist in Japan rams into two pedestrians and kills one of them. July 21‚ 2015: A 17-year-old girl runs through a red light after messaging on Facebook for eight minutes. She kills a Minnesota man and his 10-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune‚ these are all accidents that happened because one person
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Cell Phones and Media Consumption INTRODUCTION In today’s society‚ the prolific use of cell phones has become so commonplace we barely realize how often we (and the people around us) are on our phones. Our culture has become accustomed to the widespread use and accessibility of cellphones‚ and we fail to realize the effect it has on people and society as a whole. The overuse and abuse of cell phones‚ specifically text messaging among high school and college students is cause for concern. Nowadays
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the cell phones can help provide many different services such as entertainment and staying in touch with family and friends. Although cell phones are used to keep in touch and for business purposes but using them in cars were not one of the purposes that the phones were made to serve as. While distracting drivers‚ having a part in killing‚ injuring people and making it a public concern. Obtaining a cell phone is easy considering that it is inexpensive and affordable and serves as multiple uses such
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Texting while driving is a national epidemic that has quickly become one of the country’s top killers. (Texting and Driving Safety‚ n.d.) America has developed a problem with needing to stay connected at all times. Many American’s today live extremely busy lives and try to offset some of their workload by getting things done while driving. Most American’s now have smartphone and are able to check their email inboxes on the go. They will do this on the road as well as send text messages or make phone
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that has yet to cease being alter‚ modified‚ and “improved” since its debut is the ever present cell phone. Even as I sit here typing this paper‚ my own shiny‚ rectangular piece of molded plastic and metal lies inches away from my fingertips‚ beckoning me to use it. Looking out the window‚ one of the first sights I see are people walking with one hand up to their ear‚ evidence this technology is in use. I can count on one hand the number of adults I know who do not own one these mobile devices
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While Kelley was driving on I-4‚ a friend texted her. Kelley picked up her phone and read the text. While she began to laugh‚ she looked up and started to realize that she was too close to the truck in front of her which started to brake. Kelley was too late to react on time and got into a bad accident. Luckily she made it out alive‚ but she could have ended up losing her life. Although a lot of people text while driving‚ they never admit that they do so. As illustrated in the real life example before
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Why banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide Keys‚ check‚ seatbelt‚ check‚ music‚ check‚ cell phone- ah maybe not! Sorry to say but this checklist has become the norm in many situations when drivers get into their vehicles. Our cell phones have become part of our lives‚ our busy lives‚ where we multitask more than ever. Our office is virtually anywhere we can conduct business or a phone call‚ making our cars well in most cases our only suitable choice. But
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Persuasive Speech Outline Title: Cell Phones General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech‚ my audience will be persuaded that cell phones are an existing problem for teenagers that can be solved by collecting phones and education. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: There are many various technologies materials in the world and these are become essential factors to make more stable life. People rapidly develop technology‚ so they invented TV‚ radio‚ internet
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