Distracted driving is an extraordinarily important topic that should not go unaddressed. More than ten people pass away and 1‚161 have been injured every day due to careless and inattentive driving. Half of teen car collisions result from either a text message or tweet that could have waited. Life is so precious and should not be taken away from someone because‚ of a new status on Facebook. Texting while driving already had a major impact on the road and with the addition of social media it will
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by distracted while driving and 9 people die while trying to attempt it or just doing it (Halsey). Now that this century has more technology than ever before‚ some of these appliances are in our vehicles. People can now get distracted while texting‚ talking‚ trying to mess with the radio‚ trying to make a navigator work‚and simply putting a disc in a player . With all of these distractions around us while driving‚ there is more of a chance to attempt this. Distracted driving is dangerous‚ so think
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Free Will Vilayandur S. Ramachandran came from a distinguished family in Tamil Nadu‚ India‚ and was neuroscientist‚ which is a field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the nervous system. Ramachandran ’s views on the brain and how it works are discussed in his work “The New Philosophy”. In his essay he discusses the nature of consciousness‚ discussing the effects of certain mental states and their influence on the body and the brain. One of his main topics‚ however
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A self-driving car can sense its environment and things around it. It also has a GPS unit in the car‚ the car uses the positional information from the GPS to localize itself and give a 3-D image. From the 3-D images‚ humans program the car to make intelligent decisions ‚ for example using the 3-D to find an optimal path to their destination that avoids obstacles. Once the vehicle finds the best path to take‚ it sends a signal to the different parts of the car(steering‚ braking‚ throttle etc)
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CELEBRITIES vs. CITIZENS Drunk driving is a serious crime that holds many offenses. Some of these offenses include license restrictions‚ fines‚ and mandatory attendance of “Alcoholics Anonymous” meetings‚ community service‚ or probation. Some jurisdictions even sentence drunk drivers to serve jail time. The justice system is very unfair when it comes to the sentencing of theses crimes when convicting celebrities compared to the average person. Paris Hilton‚ for example‚ committed her first DUI
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dangerous driving is? The teen mortality rate is always increasing because of things that could distract young drivers. The current driving ge is a few years too young. Teens maturity levels are still way low at the age of sixteen. The teen mortality rate has increased over the years. Accidents in motor vehicles is the leading cause of teenage deaths. Car accidents represent more than one-third of all deaths. Teen males have a 46% higher chance of getting in an accident than females. Driving is a very
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Unfortunately‚ it is completely legal for you to be given a DUI or DWI for having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or less. While driving under the influence charges are normally given to people with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher‚ police are still allowed to hand out tickets to someone who seems impaired. Your blood alcohol concentration may be low‚ but this does not necessarily mean that you are safe to drive. DUI Charges Under Florida’s Laws According to
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What is the ethical question posed by new technology - in this case‚ self-driving cars? The self-driving cars have the potential to save lives more than human drivers. The ethical question arises when it is faced with a situation‚ where it has to make a choice of whether to save the driver and passengers or pedestrians. This question is further deepened by‚ who is going to make that choice of programming the self-driving cars‚ what level of consideration will pedestrians have‚ if such a scenario
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Which one would you consider worse; drunk driving‚ or texting while driving? Most people would say drunk driving‚ including me. However; after doing some research‚ my opinion is a little different now. As much as people would like to think that drunk driving is worse; statistics have proven texting while driving to be far worse than drunk driving. Although they are both horrible habits to adopt‚ more than half of the world is guilty of doing at least one of these. In many articles that I have
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The Minimum Driving Age is Fine at 16 In most states you can get your license at age 16. Many people think this is way too young‚ the drivers are too inexperienced and teenagers are more accident prone. But parents can’t always drive their teenagers everywhere they want to go. Teenagers are often involved in sports‚ drama‚ and other extra-curricular activities and they need a car. I do not believe the minimum driving age should be raised. A trend in recent years has shown that the amount of 16-17
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