Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken
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Refutation Paper ENC 1102 23 September 2014 Texting While Driving “Despite the dangers of texting while driving‚ many behind the wheel just can’t seem to stop. One idea from Apple could put up more of a roadblock. Published on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office‚ an Apple patent called “driver handheld computing lock out” proposes a couple of different ways to cut off texting and other cell phone features while a person is driving. In one scenario‚ Apple’s technology would work on its own
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Passing My Driving Test Passing my driving test was a huge accomplishment in my life. Without having my driver’s license there would be many things I could not do; like drive to work and school every day or drive to my dad’s house on the weekends. Before someone gets their license in the state of Mississippi‚ they must first get a driving permit and hold it for a year before taking the actual driving test. Having the drivers permit only means you can only drive with a licensed adult. I got my
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Driving under the influence may not seem like a big ordeal to teens but in reality it should be taken more cautiously. When being in control of a running vehicle‚ driving drunk can have an effect on your mental and physical ability. This is where the problem goes unnoticed because many teens now a days think that they have the capability to hold their liquor and proceed on driving. What teens need to realize is that receiving a driver’s license is a privilege that should not be taken advantage of
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Persuasive Speech: Agressive Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction I.Attention Getter: Speeding‚ tailgating‚ giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and it is on the incline. II. Definition: Driving is a curious combination of public and private acts. A car isolates a driver from
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You figure everything will be fine‚ considering you are a great driver‚ right? Wrong‚ drinking and driving is a deadly combination. One drink and you can reduce you ability to concentrate and react to different situations properly. The more alcohol that is injected into ones system‚ the more difficulty you have judging distances and reacting to sudden problems on the road. Impaired driving‚ is considered an unacceptable and dangerous act and those who take part should be punished accordingly
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Dangerous Driving Habits I believe drivers today drive more careless then in the past. Sure people have always eaten‚ put on make-up and yelled at their children‚ but I believe cell phones play a big part in dangerous driving habits. Keeping their eyes on what’s going on around them just isn’t important as answering that text. I would say just about every time I get in the car I can guarantee that I will someone on their phone while they are driving. Concentration needs to be the main focus
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Deborah Salerno November 20‚ 2007 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DRIVING Nothing could prepare me for the news I received six years ago about the unexpected death of my close friend Joey. I will never forget the night he died. How I had been with him just minutes before‚ and how his death was totally unnecessary and preventable. A few weeks before Christmas in 2001‚ Joey‚ myself and a few of my other co-workers were closing down the local restaurant we worked at while attending Umass Lowell. It had
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influencing factors that are able to shape our attitudes and beliefs towards driving. The media‚ family‚ and peers are all major contributing factors that have positioned me to believe that drink driving and speeding is wrong and that you must always wear a seatbelt when driving in a car. The media‚ has proven to be one of the most prominent factors in the shapeing of attitudes and beliefs towards many things‚ including driving and our cautiousness on the roads. Campaigns are enforced to raise our
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Did you know drunk driving is the Nation s most frequently committed violent crime? About three in every five Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. It s a scary thought isn t it? Drunk driving takes the life of a person approximately every thirty seconds. Those injured and killed in drunk driving collisions are not accident victims. The crashes caused by impaired drivers involve two choices: to drink AND to drive. The injuries and deaths sustained each
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