Texting and driving Sitting on the highway in traffic and the cell phone goes off. Hearing the familiar text message ringtone a person starts to think‚ “Maybe it is my friend telling me about the update on the party tonight‚ or my mother‚ what if something is wrong?” It does not look like traffic is going to be moving anytime soon‚ and knowing that it would only take a minute‚ if that‚ to respond‚ they do. Before they know it‚ the car in front of them stops too fast and there in an accident. Texting
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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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teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving. Of all injured teenagers in car accidents one third of them were caused by speeding. When teenagers stay up late there is more of a chance for them to get in a car accident due to drowsiness. Single vehicle crashes are most popular in the teenager’s
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Stanley Bussey Essay 2 Draft 4 Eng 103-0870 Dr. David Sibbitt Texting and Driving‚ You Never Know Not a care in the world. Teenage years are supposed to be the best time in my life‚ because all I have to worry about is me. Why should I care about the next person? Who can I hurt by sending out this text? My girls and I are just fooling around and having some fun and I’m just texting some boy teasing my friend in the back. It will only take a second to send this text and then I’m right back to
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drive as soon as they can. The driving age should be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws; they are easily distracted by cellphones while driving; and tend to drive intoxicated‚ which commonly results in deadly crashes. First‚ the driving age needs to be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws. To start with‚ it has been found by
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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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Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ drink driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit . Similar regulations cover driving or operating certain types of machinery while affected by drinking alcohol or taking other drugs‚ including‚ but not limited to prescription drugs. This is a criminal offense in most countries.
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Distracted driving is a very big issue with today’s teens. Our generation has a lot more distractions to deal with then previous generations did. Things like cell phones make a conversation more tempting even with text messaging even though it can cause a lot more damage then we realize. Distracted driving causes death and injuries‚ bad habits‚ and unnecessary common sense laws. Despite the fact that it deadens a driver’s reactions more than alcohol‚ and in its consequences is as destructive
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the biggest problems is the self-driving car thoughts which the programmers have a big part in. So imagine yourself on the highway in your self driving car and there is a truck that carries long poles and you are surrounded on all sides my other vehicles and all of a sudden a very heavy pole falls off of the truck. If you were driving you would just react‚ but a self driving car would have been programmed to think about it a certain way. So what would a self driving car do if there was a pickup truck
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Thesis: Aggressive driving has become very real and very deadly in many areas of North Texas. (replace with your area) I. Aggressive driving A. Types B. Causes II. Foundation For Traffic Safety Study A. Injuries and Deaths B. Weapons III. Distractions A. Home away from home B. Alcohol title:Aggressive Driving in North Texas (replace with your area or town on title and throughout essay) Drivers know it when they see it. Cars racing down a crowded road‚ darting in and out of lanes‚ tailgating
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