Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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When trying to figure out ways to prevent distracted driving car accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by
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in unprotected sex? Should sexual activity between young people be encouraged? These are a view questions that will be taken into consideration within the discussion of our paper. The influences on adolescents and teens are very high in profile among our American Society. These influences can come from different amount of things such as: movies‚ music‚ peer pressure and alcohol just to name a few. Sexual interest becomes more interesting during teens in there adolescents years and they become
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time‚ especially from themselves. As a result‚ the legislature has proposed an increased driving age from sixteen to eighteen to try to alleviate these issues. I believe increasing the minimum driving age will help protect our citizens by better preparing drivers‚ increasing safety for motorists‚ and setting a higher level of maturity on the road. Although it may seem cruel to teens‚ raising the minimum driving age will allow drivers to become better prepared. In school drivers education classes are
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For a numerous amount of decades the question has always been‚ “Should teenagers work?” Regardless of the many research that has been made‚ the question still has no conclusion. Many argue that teenagers should work because it makes them more responsible‚ but others argue that they shouldn’t because it distracts them from their education. So‚ should they or should they not be able to contain a job. In my opinion‚ I find it best for students to give full focus to their studies. So why do I believe
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While the basic concept of impaired driving is not hard to grasp‚ that doesn’t mean Illinois drunk driving laws are simple‚ or that charges of driving under the influence (DUI) are so lacking in complexity that just anybody can understand and defend against them. DUI is defined in Illinois as operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs‚ including medically prescribed marijuana. Since mid-July 1997‚ Illinois has used a blood alcohol content (BAC) level of 0.08 percent or above as
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Influences on teenagers’ morality Moral decisions are an important aspect of the growth and development of teenagers. There are many factors that influence a young person’s decisions; the biggest factor may be a teenager’s parents. Today’s parents are moving away from the old adage “do as I say‚ not as I do‚” as they realize that their actions and behavior may be a bigger influence on their children than previously thought. 1. Sex and Teen Pregnancy * The rate of teen pregnancy is
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the surrounding ones. It is not taught in school‚ but the leading demographic is teenagers. It is texting and driving. There is individual you know that has texted and driven. Parts of your community who are against texting and driving still will proceed to do it. An A. T and T survey revealed that 98 percent of texting and driving demographic find it is threatening to their safety. Adults do it as well as teenagers. A further A.T. T study showed that 43 percent of teen’s text and drive and 97 consider
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Are cell Phones a Health Hazard? With the increasing of mobile phones’ functions‚ people rely more and more on them. The lower price also enables the mobile phone to become people’s daily necessity. Now even many students have their own mobile phone. People began to worry about the cell phone which will do harm to our health. But why people become worried about that? There are some speculates that cell phone might potentially threaten human being’s health. Mobile phones can emit radiofrequency
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