Argumentative Essay Many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. However‚ some opponents feel that creating a law against cell phone use infringes their personal rights. Others think that banning someone from using their cell phones is equivalent to telling someone that they can’t adjust their radio or chat with someone else in their car. However‚ using a cell phone‚ whether talking or texting‚ while driving can be extremely dangerous;
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distracted driving. Senator Klobuchar on the committee and senators Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the
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Distracted Driving: Source‚ Effects & Consequences Report Anna Tran September 13‚ 2014 Distracted Driving: Source‚ Effects & Consequences Report In the past ten years‚ distracted driving has emerged as one of the most high-profile‚ discussed issues in road safety today. In fact‚ 80% of collisions and 65% of near crashes have some form of driver attention as contributing factors (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ 2010). In order to fully understand what distracted driving is and
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Texting and Driving Crash- It Can Wait Tiffany Wilkerson Southeastern Technical College AT&T is a major phone corporation. This company has also taken a huge stance on texting and driving. The number of people killed in distraction-affected crashes decreased slightly from 3‚360 in 2011 to 3‚328 in 2012. An estimated 421‚000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver‚ this was nine percent increase from the estimated 387‚000 people injured in 2011. Texting is becoming
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accidents. However raising the minimum driving age at which people can drive might reduce this. But is this a benefit to society or are the statistics true? We can help lower these accidents rates if the driving age is raised till the age 21‚ and so that no more kids can get hurt or get serious injured or killed on a free way or by another car crashing into their can. If we do raise the driving age it will be much safer for the young drivers. I think that the driving age should be banned till the age
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Drunk vs. Distracted Driving: Which Cause more Traffic Accidents? Several people will consider drunk driving as their earliest estimate for the most dangerous reason of traffic accidents caused by driving negligence‚ but digital devices has become “distracted driving” reason of collisions in a new time – particularly texting at the same time as driving accidents. Let say‚ you’re driving in a street on your way to home from a meeting. Thirty yards to the front‚ the traffic lights become yellow‚
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Texting While Driving While the ability to communicate away from our homes or work has become a vital tool to connect with family‚ friends‚ and emergency management agencies‚ it has also evolved into a tool of great danger when used while operating vehicle‚ particularly texting while driving. Texting while driving has become as dangerous to driver and passenger safety as are people driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. The number of teens killed because of
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will be late for work. All you can remember later is the brief glimpse down to your cell phone while using your other hand to steer the car blindly. The trip to the hospital was short; you had your seat belt on and walked away with only minor injuries. The vehicle you ran into‚ on the other hand‚ fared much worse. A three-year-old boy was nearly killed in the collision. No‚ this would never happen to you. You are a perfect driver and have never had a problem driving while using your cell phone. The
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M.A.D.D.‚ or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers‚ is a thirty-five year old interest group whose goal is to end drunk driving. They discourage the driving under the influence of any drug‚ most notably marijuana. They have successfully begun to reduce deaths by supporting Politians and legislature that are anti‚ driving under the influence. While they have a humble beginning they have grown to become both wealthy and powerful‚ with the ability to also pressure Politians into supporting their views. As many
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Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving Introduction Today‚ many use their cell phones for just about anything and everything including; texting‚ talking‚ and connecting with the rest of the world through social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where Americans pick up their phones and use them like second nature. However‚ the dangers present themselves when many get behind the wheel of their cars and carry the habits of cell phone addictions with them. If all states
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