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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20 and older‚ according to The Centers for Disease Control. Teens are also more likely to make impulsive decisions and not recognize possible hazards. Therefore‚ teens are presumed to be distracted while driving. Luckily‚ technology has provided several new‚ innovative ways to promote safe driving habits. This new technology is provided in cars and on smartphones. To begin with‚ there is a new device that can be installed in cars called Cellcontrol. It is a small black box that is put in the middle
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A self-driving car can sense its environment and things around it. It also has a GPS unit in the car‚ the car uses the positional information from the GPS to localize itself and give a 3-D image. From the 3-D images‚ humans program the car to make intelligent decisions ‚ for example using the 3-D to find an optimal path to their destination that avoids obstacles. Once the vehicle finds the best path to take‚ it sends a signal to the different parts of the car(steering‚ braking‚ throttle etc)
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dangerous driving is? The teen mortality rate is always increasing because of things that could distract young drivers. The current driving ge is a few years too young. Teens maturity levels are still way low at the age of sixteen. The teen mortality rate has increased over the years. Accidents in motor vehicles is the leading cause of teenage deaths. Car accidents represent more than one-third of all deaths. Teen males have a 46% higher chance of getting in an accident than females. Driving is a very
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Unfortunately‚ it is completely legal for you to be given a DUI or DWI for having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or less. While driving under the influence charges are normally given to people with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher‚ police are still allowed to hand out tickets to someone who seems impaired. Your blood alcohol concentration may be low‚ but this does not necessarily mean that you are safe to drive. DUI Charges Under Florida’s Laws According to
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What is the ethical question posed by new technology - in this case‚ self-driving cars? The self-driving cars have the potential to save lives more than human drivers. The ethical question arises when it is faced with a situation‚ where it has to make a choice of whether to save the driver and passengers or pedestrians. This question is further deepened by‚ who is going to make that choice of programming the self-driving cars‚ what level of consideration will pedestrians have‚ if such a scenario
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Which one would you consider worse; drunk driving‚ or texting while driving? Most people would say drunk driving‚ including me. However; after doing some research‚ my opinion is a little different now. As much as people would like to think that drunk driving is worse; statistics have proven texting while driving to be far worse than drunk driving. Although they are both horrible habits to adopt‚ more than half of the world is guilty of doing at least one of these. In many articles that I have
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Mother Teresa was a selfless‚ spiritual being that cared for the betterment of others based on her religious beliefs. At the age of twelve Mother Teresa felt a calling from God and felt that she should be a missionary of Christ‚ and at the age of eighteen she became a nun. She taught at an all girls school for fifteen years‚ but felt another calling from God to help the needy‚ and she began teaching in slums. Caring for the poor exhausted Mother Teresa‚ but she relied on God for the strength and
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Working mothers This article is about the impact of working mothers on child development‚ as well as the effect of newborn mothers and families. This article goes into detail about how mothers working part time‚ full time‚ or staying at home with their newborn baby’s‚ affects the mothers and child’s welfare. The question that is posed by the author is as follows; what effect does working versus non-working mothers have on a child development‚ motor skills‚ as well as temperament? Also the question
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Kangaroo mother care is the least invasive‚ more beneficial procedure that can be done in a neonatal intensive care unit. It is comprised of prolonged and early skin-to-skin contact‚ exclusive breastfeeding‚ and support for the parents as well as proper follow-up (Mörelius‚ 2015). Studies show that kangaroo mother care helps parents learn about the new infant‚ be involved in the care of the baby‚ and provides psychological stability (Mörelius‚ 2015). The physical effects on the baby have significance
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