Texting while driving is a national epidemic that has quickly become one of the country’s top killers. (Texting and Driving Safety‚ n.d.) America has developed a problem with needing to stay connected at all times. Many American’s today live extremely busy lives and try to offset some of their workload by getting things done while driving. Most American’s now have smartphone and are able to check their email inboxes on the go. They will do this on the road as well as send text messages or make phone
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April 30‚ 2013: A woman driving her Dodge Ram truck on an eastern Texas highway crashes into an SUV kills the driver and a passenger leaving a 6-year-old boy paralyzed. Aug. 23‚ 2016: A motorist in Japan rams into two pedestrians and kills one of them. July 21‚ 2015: A 17-year-old girl runs through a red light after messaging on Facebook for eight minutes. She kills a Minnesota man and his 10-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune‚ these are all accidents that happened because one person
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Cell Phones‚ A Convenient Problem In this day and age cell phones have become so common that they have become more of a nuisance then a convenience. In today’s world the use of cell phones is beginning to present more danger then helpfulness to people’s live‚ for example texting while driving causes an excessive amount of accidents because it diverts people’s attention away from focusing on driving. I myself have been a victim of what texting and driving causes on
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Essay Many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. However‚ some opponents feel that creating a law against cell phone use infringes their personal rights. Others think that banning someone from using their cell phones is equivalent to telling someone that they can’t adjust their radio or chat with someone else in their car. However‚ using a cell phone‚ whether talking or texting‚ while driving can be extremely dangerous; it should be made
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Cell phone boom Few years ago‚ the cellular was a luxury object‚ in fact it was reserved only for executives and rich people. Nowadays‚ the cellular is a good of common use for everyone‚ especially for the Youngest‚ for them it is necessary as a pair of jeans. However‚ the interest thing is the fact that the cellular is not only used to communicate with someone or to send a SMS‚ due to the technology that allow use it like a camera‚ a music player‚ a game console‚ a computer‚ an internet browser
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the cell phones can help provide many different services such as entertainment and staying in touch with family and friends. Although cell phones are used to keep in touch and for business purposes but using them in cars were not one of the purposes that the phones were made to serve as. While distracting drivers‚ having a part in killing‚ injuring people and making it a public concern. Obtaining a cell phone is easy considering that it is inexpensive and affordable and serves as multiple uses such
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Distracted driving can have many forms. It can be texting‚ drinking‚ smoking‚ talking on the phone‚ looking for something in the car‚ and several others. All of these distractions can be taken care of by the actual drivers‚ but only some of them can be covered in Public Service Announcements. These PSAs typically focus on the horrific consequences of drinking and texting while driving. Several PSAs have been known to purposefully tug on heartstrings by showing the distraught family‚ or the poor pet
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2010 Texting While Driving May be Bad Cellular devices today have come with many conveniences and luxuries. They have definitely made communication so much easier. However‚ when it comes to road safety‚ cellular phones may be considered a hazard especially text messaging. Today I will explain why I disagree with texting while driving is an unsafe practice. Ever since the creation of text messaging came about‚ society has grown aware of the dangers of texting while driving. Text messages are
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Cell Phone Negotiations Danita Carter MGT/557 February 17‚ 2013 Marie Smith This paper addresses the situation of cell phone negotiations between the United States and China‚ specifically the situation involves: The all-male negotiating team from the United States seeks a cell phone price of $6 per unit. Assume the American team embodies the following Hofstede’s cultural dimensions: * Individualistic * Low-power distance * Low-term
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habit; one of the riskiest habits is texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ almost eleven percent of people in the United States had texted while driving in 2008. The government of Texas should stop people who drive while texting because it can be dangerous and many serious risks like injury or death. Texting while driving can cause an accident because the driver is attention is on the phone not on the road. Having an accident can affect
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