Many accidents occur today due to people texting while driving‚ or under the influence. Texting and driving is the act of sending‚ reading messages‚ email‚ or similar use of the web on the phone while operating a vehicle. Many people take the advantage of driving. Most are teenagers‚ they just learnt to drive and think they can handle it. Most teens think texting and driving is cool. It is a very dangerous thing to do behind the wheel. It’s a big distraction and causes traffic accidents. It kills
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Why Texting and Driving Is Illegal Why would I choose why “texting and driving is illegal?” Well first‚ it’s against the law. Second‚ it’s dangerous; third whoever does it is dumb. The rest of the reasons and why I don’t do it is later on. First question is‚ “why do people do it?” Well first is they’re dumb. And they think no one will see it‚ but guess what? THEY WILL! Another is they don’t know what they’re doing. Yes‚ I get it‚ sometimes they use it for an emergency. Here’s an example‚ “If I
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to everyone who is connected online. There’s a chance that the people who see this online are the people who are using their phones while driving. One hashtag that went viral was “ItCanWait‚” this then gave people awareness of the issue of texting and driving. A website was created for it where people can share their pledge to not text and drive (“Distracted Driving‚” n.d). This is putting a some reinforcement on the people who pledge because its a way of them commiting to something and standing
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Texting while driving can also increase the likelihood of running over and killing pedestrians‚ a 2009 study by the same team found. That research‚ which involved 21 teens and a driving simulator‚ found that texting while driving or even fiddling with music players while driving increased "lane position deviation" and rapid changes in speedAlthough 71 percent of parents with teenagers aged 12 to 17 years old say they know how to and do text‚ kids still perceive their elders as being out of the texting
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Megan Ritsema Informative Outline Katie Watson Topic: Hawaii General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the culture‚ lifestyle and experiences that Hawaii has to offer. Thesis: From that amazing weather to the friendly islanders‚ Hawaii is a great place to learn about and visit. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: I don’t know about you guys‚ but I know for me come late February the nasty Michigan winters have definitely gotten the
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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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Mkaul Filley Nancy Nelson Eng. 101 9 January 2013 Cell Phones While Driving In the world we live in today‚ everything is about convenience and time. Unfortunately‚ many have taken modern day technology and combined that with extreme carelessness. When this occurs‚ the outcome is devastating. Throughout the years‚ cell phones have become the “in thing.” Many are using this technology to call‚ text‚ Facebook‚ and Tweet. With new distractions‚ comes less time to focus on reality. In
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Imagine driving down the highway‚ and ahead of you‚ you see a vehicle swerving all over the road. The first thing many assume is that the driver is on their phone or another device. They either crash‚ injuring others‚ or continue to text/play on their device. The advancement of technology continues to make this danger more and more prominent in society. The use of technology while operating a vehicle is the most dangerous distraction a driver can have due to the fact that people have been engulfed
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Full Sentence Outline Name: Annelise Sauer Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug and his influence on my life. Introduction: Attention: Every year my family and I drive from Texas to my grandparent’s house in Iowa. Along the way‚ we see fields of corn and others crops. I’m sure many of you have seen the same thing. Just about anywhere we go‚ there is always fields of corn‚ wheat or cotton within view from the car. This is not the same for some countries
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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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