Texting and Driving Crash- It Can Wait Tiffany Wilkerson Southeastern Technical College AT&T is a major phone corporation. This company has also taken a huge stance on texting and driving. The number of people killed in distraction-affected crashes decreased slightly from 3‚360 in 2011 to 3‚328 in 2012. An estimated 421‚000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver‚ this was nine percent increase from the estimated 387‚000 people injured in 2011. Texting is becoming
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The second video‚ “Stop Texting and Please Start Driving”‚ doesn’t have a narrator or speaker‚ but it still used ethos‚ logos and pathos persuasive approach in the following situations: • ETHOS. The video showed members of the rescue team (911) trying to save victims from the accidents. The source of the video can also be considered credible and knowledgeable since it shows an actual video recording of the accident. • PATHOS. This video describes how the emotional situation is through the voices
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unknown fact that texting while driving has a greater impact on the rise of car accidents from introduction in 1992. Section II; Research Purpose The purpose of this research is to discover if texting while driving is the leading cause of automobile accidents of today. Society does not view texting while driving as a safe practice. There are ["There are" is an awkward phrase if "there" is not clearly a location] many articles‚ news reports‚ and laws passed on texting while operating
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October 3‚ 2012 Texting While Driving vs. Drinking While Driving Texting and drinking while driving are very serious. Many negative things can be avoided by someone choosing to make the right decisions. While driving the person’s undivided attention should be focused on the road and surroundings ahead. A person never knew what could happen while driving. Texting while driving are similar because they both have consequences‚ are a distraction‚ and can be fatal. The first way texting and drinking
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Teenage life online: The effect of texting on interpersonal relationships A Research Paper presented to Prof. De Veyra‚ M.A. English 201‚ 1:30-2:30 Apal‚ Eljou Khasandra Caral‚ Maria Liza Ibo‚ Princess Micabalo‚ Leodil September 24‚ 2012 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Did u get the message? Where U now? Text messaging has become more than a trend; it has reformed the day-to-day communication that occurs between people. Where phone conversations used to take place‚ now the exchange
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Raven McKenna Bailey ENG 0113 304 7 November 2012 The Stress in My Life. There are many things that stress me in my life. My stresses include going to school‚ working a full time job‚ and taking care of my daughter. Those are my major stresses‚ but I also have small stresses to. My small stresses include managing a boyfriend‚ my social life‚ and handling everyday life experiences. All of this can be very stress full but I somehow seam to somehow get through the days. When I was sixteen
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Cause/Effect Getting Married at a Young Age Getting married at a young age can be negative for several reasons. The many reasons why people get married at a young age could be because of love‚ lust‚ for financial support‚ to become a citizen‚ or due to an unexpected pregnancy. A lot of times young adults confuse sexual attraction with love or confuse a need for financial security with love for their partner. There is a very fine line between love and lust because the two of them are closely
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Semester Research Paper: Texting While Driving PSA Persuasion holds place in almost every niche in our societies. Whether in politics‚ marketing‚ or public awareness and education programs‚ the elements of persuasion will always be indirectly or directly present in any society. Persuasion works because it appeals to different emotions and beliefs that are common among the targeted audiences (Walton 54). It hit right where it should and therefore gets results. When the Bush administration decided
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Driving While Texting in Relation to Teens The Consequences and Solutions One second someone is texting a friend‚ cracking a joke‚ the next they are in the backseat of the car in front of them. Eleven percent of accidents involving those aged eighteen to twenty are caused by the use and distraction of a cell phone. Raising awareness and educating those whom this may concern about the consequences of texting and driving can help reduce this statistic and prevent future lives from being affected
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study while they’re texting: Research finds teenagers struggle with multitasking” by Jenny Awford states‚ “But new research… by Stanford University‚ found that 85% of young people struggle to perform simple tasks when distracted by music‚ phones‚ or email.” While doing simple tasks‚ it seems that young adults are distracted by technology and this why because their attention is suddenly captured by a text or notification of Facebook‚Snapchat‚ Instagram etc. In the article‚ “Teen Texting Soars: Will Social
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