Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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The National Safety Council states that: “cell phone use while driving causes 1.6 million crashes each year.” Texting while driving is mostly operated by teenagers‚ but as society develops a lot of adults are starting to contribute to it as well. Texting while driving is very distracting to the driver. Texting while driving has also become a recent and huge problem in our communities. About 78 percent of people own cell phones today and just imagine how many of those people own and operate a vehicle
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a hospital. Texting while driving is dangerous to everyone on the road‚ and it needs to stop. As if driving with distraction wasn’t dangerous enough‚ put a cell phone in the hands of a person behind the wheel and it gets much worse. Vehicle crashes are one of the top causes of death for 15-20 year olds. About 6‚000 deaths are caused by distracted drivers every year. Many people‚ novice teen drivers and older experienced drivers alike‚ do not take the law of no texting while driving serious enough
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Caused throughout the United States “Beware the Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Texting While Driving July-Aug. 2010: n. pag. http://www.google.com. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. . Cell phones have brought us a lot convenient ways to talk to people. When it comes to road safety‚ the cell phone is very hazardous. Accidents have increased dramatically since texting has become more popular and people have taken chances of texting while driving. Even the small amount of time to glance at your phone to send
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countries teenagers have jobs while they are still students. I support this idea and believe that it can help the teenager a lot in his present and future life. Self-reliance is an important lesson of life. People need to learn it at some point of time. Teenagers who have jobs while they are studying learn to fend for themselves. They may use the money earned to pay their school fee or may use it as their pocket money. They learn how difficult it is to earn money. This will make them appreciate the efforts
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Alexander Lucas Cell Phone Regulation While Driving Most people now days own a cell phone. It is inevitable to go to a place and not see at least five people out of a crowd holding their cell phones looking up something from the internet or texting someone. According to the US Census Bureau of 2011‚ there are 311‚591‚917 people living in the United States. Digital marketing and design company‚ Steadyrain‚ estimate that there are about 232‚000‚000 people who own a mobile communication device
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The Effects of Cell Phones While Driving Psychology 1100 July 12‚ 2011 In today’s society‚ motorists are either against or for cell phone use while driving. My goal is to determine whether talking on a hand-held or hands-free device actually affects the reaction times and situation awareness (SA) of the driver. Aspects of situation awareness are crucial to the performance of any dynamic complex task; including operating a motor vehicle as discussed in “Effects of distraction and experience
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Title: The Effects of Being in a Relationship While Studying To Johor Matriculation College Students. Please tick ( / ) your answer. Gender : Male Female Race : Malay Chinese Indian Course : Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Accounting CGPA : 4.00 3.00 – 3.99 2.00 – 2.99 Below 2.00 *Note : 1 :
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driving you don’t have your full attention on the road even with hands free devices. They cited from University of Utah showing that using hands free devices is just as risky as using a handheld device. That is way too risky for you. Sometimes texting while driving is really
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Driving While Using a Cell Phone In today’s society‚ technology has become more advanced. Our society has become dependent on technology‚ specially the cell phone. We use our cell phones to talk to anyone‚ anywhere and at any time. Generally‚ we use our cell phones in the cars‚ while we are running errands or conduction business from one place to another place. Which has lead to numerous accidents on the American highways‚ so the nation has begun to question should cell phones be used while driving
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