Defensive Driving; Due to people commuting everyday‚ defensive driving is one of the most important skills that you can learn. Defensive driving is one of the most important skills that you can learn. Not only will it keep you safe‚ it will protect your drivers license and keep your insurance costs down. Defensive driving is all about observation‚ anticipation‚ and creating space between you and the other hazards that you meet on the road. These defensive driving tips will help to keep you
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travel longer distances in a shorter amount of time; it was an amazing invention. Over the years‚ driving has become more dangerous. Distracted driving has become a major concern. Distracted driving means involving in an activity that are not necessary to do while driving a vehicle (Distracted Driving). For example: using the phone‚ eating‚ drinking‚ changing music selection‚ and speeding (Distracted Driving). When a driver is distracted‚ there are more accidents on America’s roadways. In a survey
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Joshua Harrison Mrs. Gambill ENG 113 07‚ November 2010 Truck Driving: How Do You Do It? How many of us can drive a truck? Most people wouldn’t know where to start. All they see is a huge chunk of metal with wheels and can’t fathom driving it. Using this guide will give a crash course (no pun intended) in truck driving and what it’s like on the road with these monsters. It also may help one understand the world of the truck driver and give them a new found respect for them. One of the
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Texting and Driving Texting and driving is a huge problem in the world and particularly the United States today. Being impaired at the wheel not only puts the driver in danger‚ but also the other people around the vehicle. Not only is texting and driving is outright stupid‚ it is one of the most dangerous things you can do while driving. Think about it. Is whatever you’re responding to that important that it should be put over everyone’s safety around you including
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alcohol or from seemingly innocuous acts like texting‚ surfing the web‚ or tweeting all pose very fatal risks to drivers and their immediate surroundings. Drinking and driving is irresponsible‚ but so is willfully looking away from the road to attend to something else. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute‚ if you’re driving 55 mph and take your eyes off the road for five seconds‚ the average amount of time it takes to send a text‚ you’d have driven the length of a football field without
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How would one feel about retaking one’s driving test? Why should one take it again if one has already have a license? Driving is a privilege. Elderly are at risk if they do not retake their drivers test. Elderly should retake their drivers test because some drivers may have medical problems‚ need to know all the updated rules of the road‚ and they need to provide safety for everyone. As people get older they develop more medical problems. These medical problems can consist of one being on a certain
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moving vehicle. Most of us do not see the danger we put not only ourselves‚ but others‚ in every time we check a text or email or phone call while driving. The advertisement‚ “Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway Safety”‚ is a very touching and emotional advertisement aimed at educating the public of what could possibly happen when distracted driving occurs due to our cell phone. The advertisement
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an abrupt end due to distracted driving. These numbers are almost identical to the number of road fatalities that are caused by intoxicated drivers‚ showing a correlation that someone who is on their cell phone while driving is just as likely to be in an accident as they would be if they decided to drive under the influence. With these numbers rapidly growing each year‚ more states are deciding to take legal action by banning the use of cell phones while driving. Simultaneously‚ the majority of
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking. MADD also supports drunk and drugged driving victims (Mothers Against Drunk Driving [MADD]‚ 2000). The MADD organization is the result of the tragic death of Cari Lightner and was highly influenced by the suffering of young Laura Lamb which lead to her death as well. Throughout the years‚ Mothers Against Drunk Driving has expanded to every state in the United
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English 101 In today’s society driving plays an important role. It is a well sought out mode of transportation‚ rite of passage for teenagers‚ and a basic necessity. Driving is a symbol of freedom for teenagers who pass their driving test and get their license. Driving is also something serious and shouldn’t be taken lightly. In 2008 alone‚ traffic accidents that caused injury totaled at 32‚769 accidents. Aggressive driving can be linked to this because aggressive driving is dangerous and never ends
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