“Baseball is like driving‚ it’s the one who gets home safely that counts” Tommy Lasorda. Getting home safely while driving is not as easy as it may seem. Many people urge to argue that distractions while driving will do no harm. This may be true‚ but with one wrong turn‚ someone’s life could be at it’s last minutes. Therefore‚ tougher laws are needed to combat distracted driving because simple education on this topic is failing to work‚ unnecessary costs are needed to be dealt with‚ and it causes
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Do you know what it is? If you said no you’re wrong. It was sent while they were driving. Texting and driving is very dangerous‚ it can kill you and other people around you. Texting and driving should be illegal in every state. Most people would think that drinking and driving would be the worst possible thing to do in a car but you’re wrong. “Study’s found texting and driving is about as dangerous as driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent” (Hoffman). Now that is dangerous
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travel longer distances in a shorter amount of time; it was an amazing invention. Over the years‚ driving has become more dangerous. Distracted driving has become a major concern. Distracted driving means involving in an activity that are not necessary to do while driving a vehicle (Distracted Driving). For example: using the phone‚ eating‚ drinking‚ changing music selection‚ and speeding (Distracted Driving). When a driver is distracted‚ there are more accidents on America’s roadways. In a survey
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Introduction: Driving alone has many dangers involved. Texting while driving just increases the risks involved while being behind the wheel. Numerous accidents caused by texting while driving lead to death or serious injuries. Many people are taking precautions to make the road a safer place to be for drivers‚ passengers‚ and bystanders. Today‚ mobile communication companies are taking a stand on Texting and Driving. Many have created advertisement campaigns to persuade their audience not to
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But this also creates a need to get driving lessons. There are so many traffic rules and guidelines every driver must be aware of and you definitely also need to understand car basics before you go behind the wheel. Driving schools offer driving lessons to prepare every driver for the road and you should make sure you get a school you can trust to offer you quality driving training to keep you safe and confident on the roads. So what then makes a good driving school? Qualified and competitive instructors
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17 Things Motorist do to break the law.. Without even knowing. Drink Driving‚ speeding and using a mobile phone while driving are what motorists most commonly known as offences and are often hitting the headlines. A huge amount of police forces from across the country including Lincoln and Humberside are cracking down on the use of mobile phones behind the wheel. However there are many other sins which motorists could be breaking on a day to day basis without even knowing. Here we take a look at
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AT&T It Can Wait Introduction How tempting does it sound to glimpse at a text while driving on an empty road? I know for myself and the rest of my generation how hard it is to resist that temptation of grabbing the phone to send a text. Most of the time‚ the text may not even be that short so it seems okay to grab it really quick and reply back to that friend. Everyone at some point in time has been warned by many family and friends of how dangerous it is to text and drive. This problem of
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that occur while driving. Distracted driving is the leading cause of fatality crashes and one in every five car crashes involved some form of distracted driving. Drivers must make a conscience decision to remain focused on the road and not become distracted by technology and outside influences. Distracted driving is categorized in three different forms: cognitive‚ visual‚ and manual distractions. A cognitive or mental distraction is when a drivers mind isn’t focused on driving. For instance‚ a driver
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Every year about 6‚000 teenagers‚ aged sixteen through twenty‚ die in motor vehicle accidents. According to Allstate Insurance spokeswoman Megan Brunet‚ of those 6‚000 deaths‚ eighty-seven percent of them are caused by driving distractions. There are many different types of driving distractions and they can all be categorized into three main subgroups; visual‚ which would be taking your eyes off the road‚ manual‚ would be taking your hands off the wheel and cognitive‚ which is taking your mind off
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using their phone and driving. You can look down for just five seconds and anything can happen. You can hurt yourself and many others. Texting and driving is a law. But‚ people still do it. It doesn’t matter if you do it at a stopping point. It is still wrong. Somebody can hit you because they are texting and driving. So many bad things can happen. Texting and driving can hurt many people‚ including yourself. In August 2010 a 19 years old was texting a friend while driving on a Missouri highway
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