Texting and Driving: Leads to Distraction Imagine driving down the road where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in your hair‚ you’re having a grand old time driving and then all of a sudden someone rams in the back of your car. This is the behavior of texting while driving is proven to be unsafe. Maryland passed a new law about no cell phones in the hands of the driver while the vehicle is on; to use your cell phone it has to be hands free device. Having this law‚ people still text and
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The Town for the Deaf Before I had a deaf son‚ I had never met another deaf person. I know how that could be. There are about a million people that are Deaf or hard of hearing in America alone. When my son was born‚ the doctors gave him to me and informed me your son is deaf. You would think after that you get a ton of information about what to do‚ you do not you are thrown into the wilderness and trying to find your way out with a dim flashlight. With each passing day‚ you losing hope that you will
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S00027026 IENG 030-11 Mr. Morgan Fall 2012 Topic: Drunk Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to stop driving while they are drunk if they do so. Thesis Statement: There are more and more accidents happening as a result of drunk driving‚ and these drunk drivers should be severely punished. I. Introduction: Attention Step A. Attention Material: My friend Susan’s son a nine-year-old boy named Tom and his father were on their way back from a gathering at their friend’s house. As
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I agree that driving while using a handheld cellphone is bad because it can lead to a car crash‚ the driver isn’t focused on the road‚ and not paying attention to other drivers and not all hands are on the wheel. One reason why I believe that driving with a cellphone should be illegal because it can lead to a serious car crash in some cases. The driver may not be focused on the road and they hit a car dead on. Another reason why I agree with driving with a cellphone is illegal because the
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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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compare and contrast driving in the winter and driving in the summer there are many things that come to my mind. In the summer time there is no visual distractions. It is most comfortable to drive in the summer with your windows down. For the most part summer driving is safe then winter driving. I personally despise driving in the winter. In the summer time I have visibility. During the winter months it gets darker earlier. During the summer months we have more sunlight through out the day. I love
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What is reckless driving what are some examples of reckless driving and what are the consequences of reckless driving? Reckless driving is a moving violation. A moving violation is any violation committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. Moving violations are more likely to directly cause physical harm to persons and or property. People who are convicted of this crime can face a fine‚ deportation‚ revocation of parole‚ and the suspension or cancellation of driver’s license
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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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Where did Charles Murrays’ Logic Go? In the article by Charles Murray‚ “Are Too Many People Going to College?”‚ Murray raises interesting and controversial topics. Murray is suggesting that maybe school counselors should not encourage every student to attend a four year university for their B.A.. Instead that they should only encourage those students that are in the correct percentile in linguistics and that their career goals require them to do so. Murray also‚ believes that a student should not
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Dangers of Elderly Citizens Driving Suddenly a sharp pain emerges in the ribs of a young student; but it is not only him that has been injured‚ but the majority of his class‚ a broken rib being the most minute injury. Teachers and other pedestrians concerned while a couple gets the license plate of the car that just plowed through a crowd of children. But on the other end; there is the driver of the car‚ who did not see that the light was ever red‚ who was on auto-pilot and still has not recognized
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