Young People Are More Likely to Use a Cell Phone While Driving Chaveli Lopez Keiser University Abstract Driving is one of the skills that require full attention to control the vehicle and respond to the events happening on the road. Use a cell phone while driving involves visual‚ manual and mental distractions (NHTSA‚ 2005). Several studies have found that young people are more likely to use cell phone than older people. Young drivers are almost five times more likely than older drivers
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bears negative connotations to describe something that is socially unacceptable. Individuals who are known as being greedy are often acknowledged as people who are not thankful for what they have. Greed is a voracious need for more‚ and to some‚ more is never enough. In Laurence Shames’ article‚ “The More factor”‚ the concept of growth and wanting more is dubbed as insidious because Americans are shown as being exceedingly greedy to satisfy their own ends instead of promoting widespread growth. Such
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As a foreigner‚ I think America is a very open and free country‚ many commodities‚ advanced technology. In my mind‚ America is a land of good-hearted people‚ a nation of citizens who have more to unite them than to divide them‚ a country held together by a belief in freedom and opportunity for all. Although America is so good a country‚ you could never call it utopia‚ there are also a lot of peoblems with American society today. Following I will pick up three significant problems with American society
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networking has done more harm than good to Nigerian youths. Social networking has become a major part of society. Even big businesses and celebrities are jumping on the social networking bandwagon. Many people wake up each day and check social websites first thing in the morning instead of reaching for a newspaper. According to Mashable.com‚ as of June 2010‚ American Internet users spend more than 22 percent of their online time using a social networking site. Since people are spending such a
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pool from “The Economist” online website Obama and few other governments in the Euro Zone would like to tax the rich more to help pay off government deficits. They have some support from the very rich like Warren Buffett on this approach. Wealthy Germans and French have signed petition in favour of higher taxes. Luca Di (Ferrari owner) says its “right” for the rich to pay more. Three crucial questions the article is asking: What share of tax do the rich actually pay? What has happened to this
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Individual Assignment #1: The Accounting Cycle Bob’s Chocolate Chips and More‚ a bakery specializing in gourmet pizza and chocolate chip cookies‚ started business on October 1‚ 2011. The following transactions occurred during the month. 1. The company issued 6‚000 shares of common stock at $15 per share. 2. The company acquired office equipment on October 1 for $30‚000 cash. The equipment was used for administrative tasks. 3. The company purchased $15‚000 of ingredients on
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that 40% more hybrid cars were sold in the U.S. in 2012 than in the previous year.(Eartheasy Blog‚ 2013‚ para.1) However‚ some people believe that these kinds of cars lack in four major aspects such as cost‚ performance‚ abuse tolerance and life. Thus‚ creating a controversial debate between whether electric and hybrid cars should be more promoted in everyday activities or not. In fact‚ Hybrid and electric cars’ economic and environmental benefits in addition
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becoming more hazardous? Yes‚ all the evidences show that the pattern of hazards is on the increase. Not only the number of hazards is increasing but the people vulnerability as well. If we looked to the first graph of reported hazards from 1900 to 2009 (EM-DAT source) we could see a big difference between these years. There is a rapid increase of natural disasters since 1960s‚ till then the number of natural disasters was constant. This proves that we are facing with more and more hazards each
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NASA has been around for 58 years‚ each year after the space race the budget gets cut every year. Supporters are saying that NASA needs more money in order to make better advancements along with discoveries. Critics say that NASA has too much money and isn’t spending it wisely. Either way‚ NASA has made many discoveries along with advancements‚ helping the people on earth‚ exploring space‚ along with making a lot of other progress in previous years. Space exploration‚ got to the moon in 1969
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help schools teach the youth. There are more teachers that leave to another state because of the salary cuts every day. My younger niece has had three teachers this year because the faculty keeps leaving to live a life where they do not have to struggle financially. Teachers should get a bigger salary in Oklahoma because they are a big part of the development of the youth and there will be less educated people. One reason that teachers should be paid more is that they are a big part of the youth’s
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