wheel of a vehicle. My editorial titled “Texting while driving? In a matter of seconds‚ you could ruin lives forever.” Was created by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. This editorial is focused on the argument that driving while texting can be extremely hazardous to a person’s life and those around them. “Close your eyes‚ and count five seconds. Open them. That’s the average amount of time motorists take their eyes off the road while texting.” This statement speaks strongly to me in giving
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Cell Phones in the Hands of Drivers: A Risk or a Benefit? As of 2000‚ there were about ninety million cell phone users in the United States‚ with 85% of them using their phones while on the road (Sundeen 1). Because of evidence that cell phones impair drivers by distracting them‚ some states have considered laws restricting their use in moving vehicles. Proponents of legislation correctly point out that using phones while driving can be dangerous. The extent of the danger‚ however‚ is a matter
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house. Before I know it I’m dividing my time between driving and using my phone. I know I have a problem‚ and studies say I’m not the only one. The Associated Press reports that texting while driving is up 50%‚ even as more states are enacting laws to prevent people from doing so. Studies show that 20% of adults are willing to admit that they have sent text messages while driving‚ and I focus on the word “admit” here because using your phone while on the road is one of the stupidest and most dangerous
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5.03 Persuasion Map Text Version Your Topic Cell Phones in School Your Opinion I think cellphones should be allowed in school‚ but the majority of the time only in between classes. Although I do think students should be allowed to use them during class‚ I still think teachers can be allowed to take them away if they become a problem. Reason #1 Reason #2 Some schools have allowed cellphones in class to use for schoolwork only‚ and instead of distracting the student‚ it helps them to learn
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Stephen Hayes 12-3-14 English Comp I Mrs. Daniels Texting While Driving is Dangerous A split second is all it takes to send a text. A split second is all it takes to end a life. Most of us don’t think of the dangers that can occur when sending a text while driving. Imagine a sixteen year old teenager‚ driving on the roads; all of a sudden the teen receives a text from a friend. A split second later‚ an accident occurs; the teen that couldn’t wait to send a text has just slammed into the back of
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Texting While Driving While the ability to communicate away from our homes or work has become a vital tool to connect with family‚ friends‚ and emergency management agencies‚ it has also evolved into a tool of great danger when used while operating vehicle‚ particularly texting while driving. Texting while driving has become as dangerous to driver and passenger safety as are people driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. The number of teens killed because of
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Mann English 4 21 April 2010 Texting while driving is NOT worth the risk The number one source of driver inattention is use of a cell phone. Drivers that text or talk on cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). My first and only wreck so far‚ since I receiving my license a year ago‚ was caused because of texting while driving. Luckily I wasn’t going very fast‚ so no one was
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Cell Phone Detector Posted Mar 09‚ 2013 at 10:16 am Project Summary This is a mobile phone sniffer circuit that can detect the signals being used in the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) band at about 900 MHz. Since the signals are digitally encoded‚ it can detect only the signal activity‚ not the speech or the message contents. A headphone is used to hear the detected signals. Project Description The circuit schematic is given in the .rar archive attachment. There are two separate
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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five years the human race would be lost. Humans use cell-phones for almost everything. Without cell-phones communication would be gone. Cell-phones help provide a means of communication. Cell-phones can provide students with new ways of learning. Cell-phones can provide an easier way for research. Cell-phones are very convenient for the human race. Cell phones expand the ways people look at the world. There is a lot of debating whether or not cell-phones should be allowed in school‚ there are many negative
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