Texting and driving Sitting on the highway in traffic and the cell phone goes off. Hearing the familiar text message ringtone a person starts to think‚ “Maybe it is my friend telling me about the update on the party tonight‚ or my mother‚ what if something is wrong?” It does not look like traffic is going to be moving anytime soon‚ and knowing that it would only take a minute‚ if that‚ to respond‚ they do. Before they know it‚ the car in front of them stops too fast and there in an accident. Texting
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Each year there are thousands of car accidents. Many of these tragedies are caused by drunk drivers. Drunk drivers are very dangerous. They affect so many people in so many different ways. It is not only harmful to the person drinking‚ but to the people caught in the crossfire. Drunk driving is extremely dangerous‚ not to mention illegal‚ and causes many accidents. First‚ drinking is a very unhealthy habit for many people. According to the article “Alcohol’s Effects on the Body‚” Alcohol can cause
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Tick-tock Most people perceive a negative connotation when they hear the words “let’s get drunk.” Images of wild partying‚ consuming copious amounts of alcohol‚ and excessively throwing up the next day seem to come to mind. But‚ as we all know‚ several words in the dictionary have more than one meaning. According to Charles Baudelaire‚ the word drunk is one of these words. In Baudelaire’s prose poem‚ “Get Drunk‚” he defines drunkenness in a clever yet satisfying way. He explains that it does not matter
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Omission: half‑truths‚ slanted or biased evidence ‑‑‑ Confusion: making things overly complex‚ using jargon‚ faulty logic ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drunk Tank Pink - Theme ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Persuasion The environment consists of a combination of physical and psychological
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Stanley Bussey Essay 2 Draft 4 Eng 103-0870 Dr. David Sibbitt Texting and Driving‚ You Never Know Not a care in the world. Teenage years are supposed to be the best time in my life‚ because all I have to worry about is me. Why should I care about the next person? Who can I hurt by sending out this text? My girls and I are just fooling around and having some fun and I’m just texting some boy teasing my friend in the back. It will only take a second to send this text and then I’m right back to
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Module 1: Driving is Your Responsibility: Complete the K-W-L information below. K- What you Know Discuss two things you know about driving. 1. That its a lot of responsibility. 2.There is many pros and cons of driving. W—What you Want to know Discuss two things you want to know about driving. 1. Different safety measures you must do when you enter the car. 2. Why do some people think driving is boring? L—What you Learned Discuss at least two new things you learned from Module One
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Sherilyn Ostrom Mrs. Raftery ENG-101-OL11 November 9th‚ 2014 Drunkenness “Be always drunken” is the words poet Charles Baudelaire claims in his poem “Get Drunk”. A deviation from the normal definition of drunk‚ this poet is exclaiming happiness. Not by just what he writes about in his poem‚ but by whatever brings a person happiness. After reading this poem‚ the poet makes the reader take a step back to look at life. Charles Baudelaire simply puts it in his poem to live stress free‚ find happiness
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someday‚ it’s best to start off young learning” I didn’t know if I was more nervous than driving or driving along. So I took a deep breath in went through with it‚ I was doing well until I was coming around a curve in didn’t realize a mailbox was on side of a curb. Before I knew it “BANG” I ran into the mailbox‚ a fence‚ and a garbage can. The cause of that happening was because I was already nervous about driving; it was new to me by coming around a curb I was just getting use
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texting and driving because it’s distracting‚ causes injuries and can kill you or someone else. B. In today’s lifestyle‚ text messaging is a main form of communication. Most people who own a cell phone revel in the wonders of text messaging: it’s fast and it’s easy. We impulsively respond to that buzz of our phones and often tune out our surroundings. Unfortunately‚ an overwhelming amount of drivers don’t hesitate to both read and respond to test messages while driving. Recently‚
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The Use of Cell Phones While Driving One of the most popular innovations in automotive travel in the past decade has nothing to do with the automobile itself‚ the people who drive them‚ or the roads over which they operate. Rather‚ it is the ability to carry on telephone conversations while driving. In today’s society‚ our technology is more advanced than ever before. Text messaging‚ like most modern technological devices‚ has its benefits and drawbacks. One of the most dangerous drawbacks is when
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