research from AT&T shows nearly 4-in-10 smartphone users tap into social media while driving. Almost 3-in-10 surf the net. And surprisingly‚ 1-in-10 video chat (AT&T).” “7-in-10 people engage in smartphone activities while driving (AT&T).” “A recent AT&T survey found that 97 percent of teens say they know that texting is dangerous. The survey also found: 75 percent of teens surveyed say that texting while driving is “common” among their friends; Almost all teens (89 percent) expect a reply to a text
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Texting and driving is the leading cause of fatal accidents in teenages and adults between the ages of 16 to 25. Now you may believe that you yourself are not the problem‚ but other drivers around you may be. Our goal is to get people to realize that is is is affecting everyone on the road‚ even pedestrians. We believe that by improving our understanding of how mental and physical distractions impair drivers; we can work towards finding a universal solution to the problem at hand. We all know a friend
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Introduction: Driving alone has many dangers involved. Texting while driving just increases the risks involved while being behind the wheel. Numerous accidents caused by texting while driving lead to death or serious injuries. Many people are taking precautions to make the road a safer place to be for drivers‚ passengers‚ and bystanders. Today‚ mobile communication companies are taking a stand on Texting and Driving. Many have created advertisement campaigns to persuade their audience not to
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Persuasive Speech Manuscript English Honors III 16 January 2013 Text behind the wheel‚ and someone may be killed. No one wants to receive a call that says someone close to them died. No one means any harm by texting and driving; but texting behind the wheel is very harmful. “26% of teens say they read or send a text at least one time every time they drive.” (www.FCC.gov) 26%. That’s a pretty good percentage of just teens alone‚ that’s not even counting adults. No one considers themselves to be
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SPC1024 Stop Texting While Driving Introduction I. Reasons for texting and driving a. Dangerous i. They’ve conducted tests using driver’s texting‚ drivers under the influence of alcohol‚ and drivers under the influence of marijuana. It has been proven that texting is more dangerous than being under the influence. b. Distraction i. Statistics from the study show that drivers‚ between the age of 17 and 24‚ reduce their reaction time by 35% while texting. As a driver under the influence
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changes in an instant. Checking a cell phone while driving could result in severe injury or death. I agree with the law to make it illegal to drive while using a hand held cell phone. Implementing this law will make travel safer and it will protect people’s lives. Cell phones have become major distractions. Many are addicted to their phones. The inability of people to look away from their phone screen has cause many fatal accidents. Texting and the use of social media keeps a constant flow of
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100‚000 accidents a year involve drivers who are texting. (www.itcanwait.com) Our natural instinct when we feel the vibration from our cell phones or hear our cell phones going off is to check it‚ right? We do this often‚ especially when behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Most of us do not see the danger we put not only ourselves‚ but others‚ in every time we check a text or email or phone call while driving. The advertisement‚ “Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway Safety”‚ is a very touching
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There are many people who think texting and driving is a good thing but they don’t know that’s it’s a big risk.Texting and driving cause innocent lives to die over mistake.People need to think twice before they do something Texting while driving is risky because you’re not paying attention to the road‚ your hands are not on the wheel‚ and most of all people can even cause someone else’s life to be lost. Texting and driving is risky because you’re not paying any attention to the road. In the text
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AT&T It Can Wait Introduction How tempting does it sound to glimpse at a text while driving on an empty road? I know for myself and the rest of my generation how hard it is to resist that temptation of grabbing the phone to send a text. Most of the time‚ the text may not even be that short so it seems okay to grab it really quick and reply back to that friend. Everyone at some point in time has been warned by many family and friends of how dangerous it is to text and drive. This problem of
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One sunday afternoon‚ the day was beautiful‚ the sun was shinning and the air was fresh. It seemed to be such a perfect day for anything tragic to happen. Then the moment I heard that deadly‚ faint yell I new something was wrong. Earlier before the event I was eating a delicious taco‚ in the newly remodeled kitchen. My mother was sitting in the living room next to me. She was doing her homework for college. After I finished my taco‚ I was headed down stairs to see what my brother was doing. Suddenly
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