accidents and deaths because of reckless driving and distractions while driving. Distracted driving is the practice of driving a motor vehicle while interacting in other activities. Driving is a serious matter; therefore your eyes should remain on the road at all times. Distracted driving endangers those behind the wheel and passengers‚ along with road occupants and pedestrians. Driving is a big reasonability and it comes with consequences. In today’s society‚ driving safe has become a negative outcome
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Safe Driving Limiting Distractions This research was carried out as partial fulfillment towards the Research Methods course at: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Safe Driving Limiting Distractions The following study is on the safety of driving and the distractions that interfere with driving safety. There are some certain things that can be done to help limit distractions when driving. Cell phones are one of the highest known
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Accidents Caused by Distracted Driving Distracted driving is quickly become the most common cause of traffic accidents in the United States. Drivers are doing more and more things behind the wheel that have nothing to do with the task of driving. The latest distraction‚ Pokémon Go‚ is just another example of drivers placing their safety and the safety of others at greater risk. From using social media while driving to eating and grooming‚ drivers are doing everything behind the wheel except what
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Abstract Distracted driving is any behavior that impairs the ability of a driver to operate a motor vehicle safely. Widespread cell phone ownership‚ the convenience and connectivity they offer and our virtual addiction to their habitual use‚ have made cell phones a significant distraction and a major source of automobile accidents and fatalities. Although many states have passed distracted driving laws‚ they have been difficult to enforce and mostly ignore the risks associated with hands-free operation
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Driving Under the Influence Final Being on a mobile device while driving has led to a “twenty three percent of auto collisions in 2011‚ which equals up to 1.3 million crashes‚” (TextingandDrivingsaftey.com) and should be completely avoided in respect to other drivers and patrons on the road. In a society that demands constant streams of social media‚ drivers are now more prone to distracted driving than ever. “Distracted driving is a serious and deadly epidemic on America’s roadways. There is
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Distracted driving is a recent epidemic that is “killing 5474 (16%) people and injured 448‚000 (20%)” (Overton). Drivers are multitasking constantly when they are on the road. It is not just the different tasks they need to perform while driving‚ such as: looking into the rear mirrors‚ stepping on the gas and brake pedals‚ or calculating the stopping distance between their car and another obstacle. They are distracted by other tasks that involves electronics: looking at the gps‚ texting a friend
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argumentative persuasive essay called “Driving To The Funeral”‚ it was clear that she was against the driving age being 17. On the other hand‚ I believe the driving age should stay at 17. While I do drive and consider myself to be a very safe driver‚ not every teenager is. Of course one could say that we’re all attached to our cellphones by the hip and can’t even put it down while driving‚ but that’s not always the case. Personally I don’t use my phone as I’m driving‚ but others do‚ and it’s not always
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Dangerous Driving Habits Driving a car is a lot of fun and the danger is often overlooked by many. With the dangers rarely being taken into consideration the effects are noticed and felt on a daily basis in our society. People fail to realize that driving requires all five senses. Many people are too confident‚ some preoccupied‚ and the most dangerous of all is not being in the right state of mind. Many of today’s drivers have dangerous habits some good and some bad in the end they are all
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Impaired and aggressive driving can both very often lead to incidents on the road. If you do either of them‚ you can risk your life and the life of others. If people drive responsibly they will reduce the chances of conflicts on the road and help make our roads safer. The definition of impaired driving is: driving under the influence of drugs‚ alcohol and fatigue. These influences can affect how you drive. For example‚ people might have blurry eyes‚ slow reaction time‚ and a lack of judgement
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Driving is one of the most dangerous activities that exists today; yet everybody is involved in it nearly every day. Of the common stereotypes in society‚ perhaps one of the most common is that of the immature teenagers behind the wheel taking the lives of others. This stereotype is completely false. Although teens may be more susceptible to car accidents‚ the driving age should remain the same because the problem is lack of practice‚ teenageers need to travel around‚ teenagers are not the only
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