Cell Phones Should Be Allowed While Driving – Agree or Disagree In my opinion cell phones should not be allowed while driving. The reason in which I say this is because if you have your cell phone out while driving you can cause injury or death upon both you and/or another individual either in your car or another. While driving you are to pay full attention to the road and where you’re driving to and not the phone it is a distraction. For an example‚ On July 10‚ 1998 a male of the age 16 sent his
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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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Statistics Paper Driving is a very dangerous and often hazardous thing to do. This is especially true for people ages fifteen to nineteen. There are so many crashes each year for teen drivers that it’s a miracle anyone makes it past twenty years old unharmed. In 2009 alone three hundred and fifty teens were treated for a car related accident. Teen car crashes are preventable. Often times teens drink before they drive or while they drive which makes the vehicle
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When it comes to driving on the road many people do not ever think it could be their last time‚ driving on the road is a lot scarier then you really think. In 2014‚ 9‚967 people were killed in an alcoholic related accident in the United states making it one third of all traffic related deaths‚ say CDC.gov. Many people these days are finding it more acceptable to drive while under the influence‚ and those people are usually the ones who cause the accidents and sometimes deaths. Somewhere there is
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conversation with a passenger‚ children laughing or screaming in the backseat or even reading or sending text messages while driving. All of which can be potentially dangerous to the operator‚ their passengers‚ an unsuspecting pedestrian or other vehicle operators on the road. As a potential victim to an accident caused by distracted drivers‚ I am very concerned as we all should be. So the question I ask now is how can an operator safely drive while distracted? Is the convenience and time saved worth
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How has driving fatigued been affected by mass media? “You shouldn’t drive drunk” is a phrase often repeated by the media‚ between friends sometimes by passers-by‚ and is seen as the be-all end-all of driving safely. But spare a thought for driving while fatigued‚ for all the night owls‚ night shift workers‚ long haul truckers and so on. An issue such as this affects many around the country‚ especially those listed above‚ which are primarily workers. This essay will be broken down into three different
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significantly increased. Reckless driving is seen everyday and is ultimately the cause of road accidents. These drivers not only put their lives in danger they also put lives of every other innocent body in danger. So how can we prevent such things from reoccurring? Well to answer that question we can become more knowledgeable about reckless driving. According to the article “ The 9 Most Dangerous Things Drivers Do”‚ the number one bad habit we do while driving is driving under the influence of alcohol
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Defensive driving courses should not actually be taken lightly by drivers. It is a life saving training that should be taken seriously. Many have lost their lives on the roads due to fatal road accidents and these numbers are likely to rise if defensive driving training is not taken seriously. Most road carnages are actually situations that could be prevented if good techniques are applied to tackle them. Defensive driving simply means driving to save a life or lives. It can also mean driving to save
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Should our 48 states keep the tobacco age limit at 18 years old or raise it to the age of 21? I believe that the age limit should be raised to the age of twenty one for obvious reasons‚ Cigarettes have been shown to be more addictive and harmful than alcohol which has an age limit of 21 so why wouldn’t we have an age limit on a leading cause of cancer and death? I also believe that we should make every attempt at preventing teenagers from smoking; Smoking is a life changing decision and it shouldn’t
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Amanda Johnson English 111 11/14/2013 Texting and driving Every second an eye is kept off the road something drastic can happen .For a long time texting and driving has been discussed among the public. It has been found to be increasing with very harsh consequences. Many families have lost their loved ones to texting and driving and hope you are not among and never will be. This issue has brought national attention in the past and still
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