Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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Comp 2 Dr. Williams 3/30/13 Think Before You Do Kim went to a party‚ where she was drinking. She had drove herself to the party and was planning on being able to drive herself home. After a couple of hours‚ Kim’s friends knew she wasn’t in the right state to drive home so they tried to get her keys from her and make sure that she didn’t drive home and if she really wanted to go home one of the sober people would drive her home. Kim got very upset with them and stormed out and drove herself home
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boyfriend‚ but you over sleep. You wake up all panicy‚ youre already an hour late. You don’t want them to think you stood them out so you don’t even bother changing your clothes or fixing your hair. So you jet off in a rush and head to the car. As you’re driving you decide to send them a text to let them know you didn’t forget and you’re on your way… little did you know you were on your way to the hospital‚ with a pit stop at the county jail. It turns out that in those 2 seconds where you were looking at
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injuries. He was convicted of assault‚ manslaughter‚ wanton endangerment‚ and drunken driving and was sent to the Kentucky State Reformatory‚ where he served a nine-and-a-half-year sentence. Most of you probably didn’t realize that this many lives could be affected in just one accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ approximately 10‚839 people will die in drunk driving accidents this year. That’s one death every 50 minutes. Today‚ I would like to inform
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According to CDC’s “Distracted Driving‚” there are three main driving distractions: Visual‚ manual‚ and cognitive. “A visual distraction is when the driver takes their eyes off the road. A manual distraction is when the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel. And lastly‚ a cognitive distraction is when the driver takes their mind off of driving.” Some distracted driving activities that tie in with the three main distractions include: eating and drinking‚ daydreaming‚ and getting distracted
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drive has to learn in whatever weather is occurring. This means driving in spring‚ summer‚ autumn‚ or winter. The task of learning to drive is stressful all on its’ own‚ but adding changing weather makes it all the more difficult. The most major concern is driving in the winter as compared to driving in the summer. Driving during these two seasons is like night and day for many reasons. Many individuals have the misconception that driving during the summer season has almost no risk associated with it
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Persuasive Essay Have you ever not been able to write because of an injury? Ever wish there was an easier way to writing? Well look no further‚ I would like to introduce you to the Mind Scriber. As you may have guessed‚ you use this device to actually write with your mind. Throw your pencils away‚ and forget about those cramping hands! As a result‚ you will make writing a breeze. That is why you should buy this product because it will prevent cheaters‚ can be used with broken limbs‚ and
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Persuasive Essay: Brainstorming Worksheet Review “How Should I Brainstorm?” in the media piece “The Writing Process.” The media piece “The Writing Process” explores six ways to brainstorm: 1) Free Writing 2) Breaking Down a Topic 3) Listing 4) Mapping/Webbing 5) Three Perspectives 6) Journalistic Questions Assignment Directions: 1. Choose three ways to brainstorm from the list above. 2. Brainstorm about the topic of your Persuasive Essay using each of your chosen 3 methods.
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Accidents Caused by Distracted Driving Distracted driving is quickly become the most common cause of traffic accidents in the United States. Drivers are doing more and more things behind the wheel that have nothing to do with the task of driving. The latest distraction‚ Pokémon Go‚ is just another example of drivers placing their safety and the safety of others at greater risk. From using social media while driving to eating and grooming‚ drivers are doing everything behind the wheel except what
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Persuasive Essay Craig Harper Comm/215 Essentials of College Writing September 19‚ 2012 Richard Cammarota Persuasive Essay Crime is on the rise throughout America and it is happening at alarming rate. The offenders are getting younger and younger and they seem to have no respect for other people property or values. Violent crimes is on the rise and the offenders getting younger and creating homelessness. This is just part of what I want to discuss in my essay.
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