Dangers of Texting and DrivingPublic SpeakingCOMS2303October 14‚ 2014Dangers of Texting and DrivingI think texting and driving is dangerous and whether or not it has affected you as of now‚ statistics show it could in the future. Did you know that texting while driving is now one of the most common distractions that take a driver’s eyes off the road today? Imagine if someone in your family‚ your mom‚ dad‚ or sibling were killed by a driver who was texting‚ how would you feel? Would you think‚ was
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Texting and Driving Texting and driving kills 5‚000 people a year. It is a very dangerous thing to do. Statistics show that most of the people dying while texting and driving are teens. It can lead to very horrible accidents on the road. Texting while driving is dangerous. It is dangerous because while you’re reading a text‚ you’re eyes aren’t looking at the road for at least 3 seconds‚ maybe even more. An accident can happen in under a second. While you’re looking at your messages‚ someone could
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Texting and Driving Essay Legislators are proposing a ban on texting while driving. Many people today have cell phones which makes texting a big part of life today. If you do not have all your attention on the road‚ cars can become very dangerous. Legislators should ban texting while driving to prevent accidents that could be avoided and to spend less time on their phones. Legislators should ban texting and driving to prevent accidents that could be avoided. Thousands of people die each year from
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alcohol-impaired driving crashes? Believe me when I tell you that the numbers are increasing as we speak. People driving while intoxicated still cause about 13‚000 deaths a year in the United States. And of the 1.4 million arrests made‚ one-third involve repeat offenders. That’s why I feel we should get breathalyzers in are cars. To begin with‚ there would be less of a chance of getting in an accident. Some may think it would be a bad idea‚ but just think you would stop drunk people for starting
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kids are growing too fast . One of the major issues in the U.S is Teenage Drunk Driving. Young drivers ages 16-18 make up only 15% of licensed drivers they cause 30% of alcohol related driving deaths. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people younger than 25. Specific factors that pertain to this fatal problem are blood alcohol content (BAC)‚ failure to wear seatbelts‚ and inexperienced driving. BAC makes up most of the deaths between the 3. Alcohol related traffic
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a phone while trying to drive can be very tricky while you’re trying to send a message to whoever someone is trying to get where they’re going and if you don’t see the red light and hit the other car you are making it harder for them to get where they’re going so please put the phone down. “ Think your auto insurance premium is too expensive now? Just wait until your insurance company finds out that you have received a citation for texting and driving! If texting and driving is included
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Texting and driving has been a huge cause of collisions that result in deaths. Many teens now have better access to a phone and are often snap-chatting and using other means of social media‚ while still behind the wheel. This is a growing problem across the nation. It puts the teens in the car at risk and everyone around them. According to the national safety council‚ about 1.2 million collisions were caused by being on the phone in the year of 2013. Almost 341‚000 of those collisions were a result
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Texting and Driving Essay I do support in the fact that texting a driving should be considered illegal‚ mainly for the soul purpose that many people die because of the distractions on the road that your phone can cause. “In the past three years alone‚ 30 states have banned texting while driving‚ the only state that has not done it yet is Oklahoma.” (Delcour 2) You see on the news that there are many teenagers now a days that get into car accident why? BECAUSE THEY WERE TEXTING AND DRIVING! “Last
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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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all fun and games until you see the bright headlights of a large semi truck‚ and that was that. Crash! I’m sure there have been many situations like this one and it is a very distressing concept. Too many people make the wrong decision of texting and driving. When I tell them not to do it‚ they would just argue‚ “I’m really good at it though‚ trust me.” I do understand that it turned into a continuous process; however‚ that doesn’t mean that accidents can’t happen. That is what they all think‚ but
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