100‚000 accidents a year involve drivers who are texting. (www.itcanwait.com) Our natural instinct when we feel the vibration from our cell phones or hear our cell phones going off is to check it‚ right? We do this often‚ especially when behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Most of us do not see the danger we put not only ourselves‚ but others‚ in every time we check a text or email or phone call while driving. The advertisement‚ “Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway Safety”‚ is a very touching
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Driving While Using Cell Phones Increases Road Carnage Dependence on the cell phone is one of the most defining features of the 21st century. This situation is due to cell phones proving to be convenient devices and practical for real-time communication. However‚ this dependency has seen people use cell phones in all situations‚ even when driving. Accordingly‚ this development has led to a converse increase in road accidents related to mobile usage while driving in spite of existing legislation
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Cell Phones and Driving In today’s society we’ve all become attached to our cell phones. Cell phones make our lives easier in many ways we can check our email‚ receive phone calls‚ send text messages‚ listen to music‚ and take pictures‚ all at our finger tips. With all this convenience‚ however there is a dangerous side to cell phones‚ and that’s when we use them while driving. Most of us are guilty of using cell phones while driving‚ but have we ever thought about its danger? Five states plus
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No State Left Behind: Laws Against Distracted Driving In Idaho and as a Nation The majority of the people in the world don’t intentionally put themselves in dangerous situations‚ yet tragedies occur every day. Each year a motorcycle hill climbing competition is held in New Plymouth‚ Idaho called the Big Nasty Hill Climb. On September 19‚ 2009 my sister’s best friend Lacy Fine set out for a day of fun with her cousin Brittani and her cousin’s boyfriend Carlos to watch the hyped up event. She’s never
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psychological responses to the fulfillment or frustration of our goals 3. Assume that you want to perform well on this test‚ but you feel anxious about your ability to do so. In this case‚ your desire to perform well is related to your _____ state‚ while your anxiety is related to your _____ state. a) conscious; unconscious b) unconscious; conscious c) motivational; emotional d) emotional; motivational 4. According to your textbook‚ motivation _____ behavior and emotion _____. a) directs;
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don’t tell you that the piece of technology that helps you better communicate can be harmful to your health and safety. Texting while driving can be harmful to you and others in your vehicle. There recently has been more awareness about the dangers of texting and driving‚ but most people still put themselves at risk. “About one in four mobile phone users still texts when driving‚ according to a recent survey.” (Hamblen) Cell phones have a tendency to capture the persons attention almost memorizing
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Trouble Texting Did you ever text and drive? If you did‚ did you ever get hurt? I know people that regret using their phone and driving. You can look down for just five seconds and anything can happen. You can hurt yourself and many others. Texting and driving is a law. But‚ people still do it. It doesn’t matter if you do it at a stopping point. It is still wrong. Somebody can hit you because they are texting and driving. So many bad things can happen. Texting and driving can hurt many people
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this privilege and put not only their life at risks but others on the road with them as they multitask texting and driving. So many young adults become increasingly connected towards their phone that they begin to lose focus on their surroundings and end up in a casket only days later. Using my knowledge and what I have seen‚ I would like to educate others on the dangers of texting and driving. Although many already realize that this is such an obvious piece of information‚ it is hard to believe
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Texting and Driving Essay 49 Percent of all drivers admit to texting and driving‚ well in fact there are way more people who probably text and drive. This is alarming that 49 percent of drivers still text while driving while 98 percent of drivers know it is dangerous. In 2011 it was reported that 23 percent of all automobile accidents involved a cell phone that’s two million crashes. The minimal amount of time it takes to send a text message is 5 seconds that means if you are driving at 55 miles
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Cell Phones and Driving‚ Never Ending Fight Cell Phones and Driving‚ the Never Ending Fight It’s a difficult issue‚ and everyone is going to have their own opinions‚ but I believe that talking on cell phones while driving should not be illegal‚ while texting and driving at the same time should be band. The issues have been around since cell phones were first introduced to the public. Some people agree that cell phone can be used when driving‚ even if they are texting‚ while others disagree
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