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Texting and Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that texting and driving is becoming a huge national problem‚ and propose a policy change to rectify the situation Thesis: Texting and driving is one of the nations leading causes of car crashes. While there are some laws in effect‚ people whom text and drive need to be held more accountable. While there is no simple solution‚ there are further steps that need to be done in order to ultimately resolve this issue. Pattern of Organization:
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having cell phones for everyone in their household‚ but they have become a major topic of tongue with texting and talking while being on the road. You can find many reasons as to why texting and talking can be very life threatening when driving your vehicle. Either way‚ you may be threatening your life‚ and the people that surround you. Although cell phones are most convenient for talking and texting to someone‚ are they really worth the risk of
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Using a Cell Phone While Driving Have you ever used a cell phone while driving? Is it dangerous or not? Using a cell phone while driving is common‚ but widely considered dangerous. We can’t imagine our life without using a cell phone. It is a part of our daily activities. We use a cell phone to make calls‚ E-mails‚ text massages‚ surf the Internet‚ to listen music’s and many other daily activities. Many of these activities take place while a person is driving. So‚ it is not only
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blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage.” Many drivers today have such busy lives and never have time to get the things they need to do complete in one day’s time. This leaves them to get things done while on the road. Checking emails is a top priority for Americans and since many have Smartphone’s‚ they will do it on the road as well as send text messages. There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted driving from happening‚ although
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teenagers die each year in crashes due to texting while driving (Ramirez). Texting and driving not only puts a high risk of danger on the driver‚ but creates a dangerous environment for everyone surrounding them. Surpassing drinking and driving‚ the leading causes of death among teenagers is texting while driving. Virginia Tech studies show that anyone who texts while driving makes a crash 23 times more likely to be in an accident (“Dangers of Texting While Driving”). Also‚ if the driver is dialing they
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where the other driver was texting while driving‚ would you blame the other driver for causing the accident? Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving‚ according to a study released by the National Safety Council.1 Texting and driving should be illegal because it distracts the driver and puts people’s lives at risk. The police should be able to pull over a driver if they see them texting and driving to prevent accidents. When
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Commentary Texting while driving is a fairly new but very serious issue not only among teenagers but also adults. The issue is new because texting is a recently new way of communicating between individuals and since it is growing and becoming more popular most people text. Now put this common task to the test by driving at the same time and most of the time the result is not good. One of the main issues of this is car crash fatalities. There have been plenty of car crashes due to texting. People think
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“New 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
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Everything 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
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