Without any of this “new technology” (the internet‚ video games‚ TV‚ etc.)‚ where would be? Some may say that we’re better off without all these newfangled devices because kids never get off their phones and it’s a waste of time when you could be doing something to change the world‚ but others would say that it’s all for the better and that we wouldn’t be connected without social media‚ wouldn’t have fun without video games‚ and wouldn’t be as entertained without TV; some might say that this technology
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INDICATIONS • • • Type II distal radial shear fractures o Usually require open reduction and internal fixation Barton’s fractures are almost impossible to treat by closed means. Buttress plate fixation of volar Barton’s fractures is usually necessary. Type III compression injuries o Require operative treatment if Intraarticular damage is significant Radial shortening is severe o Fixation with multiple Kirschner wires or plates is often necessary‚ and cancellous bone grafting is
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distracted driving (FARS and GES). Of those people killed in distracted-driving-related crashes‚ 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). Of those injured in distracted-driving-related crashes‚ 24‚000 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (5% of injured people in distraction-related crashes). Sixteen percent of fatal crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. Twenty percent of injury crashes in 2009
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Heading towards a Hockey game one Saturday afternoon‚ my friends and I decided to take the fastest route to beat rush hour. My good friend Anna was driving her luxurious Lexus and I was seating on the passenger seat. While my friends‚ Emily and Dakota were in the back seat. We were listening and singing along to the popular song by Justin Bieber “Sorry”. Anna was using the GPS on her smart phone and at the same time‚ she decided to snapchat the moment. She was recording the sing-along while driving
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Dangers of Driving Distractions Name: Roxana Henriquez Topic: Dangers of texting and other distractions while Driving Specific Purpose: At the conclusion of this speech‚ the audience will be more knowledgeable of the consequences that involve driving distractions. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: According to the Cell phone statistics 11 teens die every day in the US due to texting while driving. Purpose: Inform the audience members of the dangers of distractions such as texting while operating
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and 431‚000 were injured in distraction-related car accidents”("Listening to Radio Can Lead to Distracted Driving.").Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes things like taking your eyes off the road‚ taking your hand off the wheel‚ or talking and not really focusing on driving.Although it is easy for people to take their hands off the wheel while driving‚ Distracted driving is a social issue that causes many crashes every year and some of the main distractions during driving are eating
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the most dangerous of all distractions. How does texting while driving be so distracted? According to the Official US Government Website for Distracted Driving‚ the three main types of distraction are visual‚ manual‚ and cognitive. Visual distraction means take eyes off the road. Manual distraction means take hands off the wheel‚ and cognitive means take mind off the road. Texting while driving is the most dangerous because it involves all three main types of distraction. It takes away all the three
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signs of impairment may diminish with practice (Consumer Reports‚ 2006). This basically means that the risk varies from each individual because some people are better at doing more than one thing at once‚ and some people may experience less of a distraction while talking on the phone if it is a regular habit. It is not sensible to say some people can drive drunk and multitask better than others because alcohol directly affects one internally in the body. From interaction with people‚ some claim to
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Men’s Health Watch‚ page 7). Distractions can be controlled at a minimum by drivers that make the choice to drive responsibly. There are three types of distractions that have been labeled as the “triple threat” to driving; Visual distraction‚ manual distraction‚ and cognitive distraction are the makeup of this triple threat (Harvard Men’s Health Watch‚ page 6). Paying more attention to texting than to crossing the street or driving a car portrays a visual distraction that can result in dire consequences
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all legal‚ as long as they don’t interfere with my driving. While all these distractions can potentially interfere with my driving‚ the one most people often notice is the use of cell phones. Although using cell phones while driving can potentially cause disaster‚ they should not be banned by it. Many issues exist regarding how distracting a cell phone is when used while driving. Cell phones are a major distraction. In fact‚ the United States has over 250 million cell-phone users (“N.Y. Passes
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