Texting and Driving Crash- It Can Wait Tiffany Wilkerson Southeastern Technical College AT&T is a major phone corporation. This company has also taken a huge stance on texting and driving. The number of people killed in distraction-affected crashes decreased slightly from 3‚360 in 2011 to 3‚328 in 2012. An estimated 421‚000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver‚ this was nine percent increase from the estimated 387‚000 people injured in 2011. Texting is becoming
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Did you know‚ texting and driving boosts your chances of getting in an accident by 64%? Imagine being at a stop sign. The cars opposite to you have the right away. There’s a car next to you‚ and as you start to slow down‚ they continue to move. There’s a car coming across the road in front of you‚ and the person in the car beside you is too busy being on their phone rather than paying attention to what’s going on. Everyday‚ 11 people are killed because someone felt the need to respond to a message
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there be a ban on cell phones while driving? Over the past decade‚ the technology of cell phones has progressed tremendously. With this technology‚ people can now make phone calls‚ text‚ check their e-mail‚ and surf the net. More than ever people are using their cell phones while driving; this has caused an increase in the amount of deaths caused by distracted drivers to increase tremendously. Many states have placed a ban on the use of cell phones while driving; some states will allow people
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Persuasive Presentation Outline Example Driving While Intoxicated Topic: Local San Marcos Problem Organization: Problem/Solution Specific Purpose: I would like my audience to believe that an alcohol education class should be taken before one can receive his/her license Introduction I. Attention Getter: In the past decade‚ four times as many Americans have died in drunk driving accidents as killed in the Vietnam War (NHTSA‚ 2006). II. Relevance: How close have you come to losing your
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us/alcohol-drug.htm#what http://www.nysdwi.com/newyorkdwi.html http://alcoholism.about.com/od/about/a/symptoms.htm In New York State‚ the crime Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) consists of an individual testing a Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) of .08 or higher. Producing a BAC of .05 to .07‚ or any other evidence of impairment results in Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI). Both DWI and DWAI offenses carry with it a range of penalties and consequences. First offenders for DWI and DWAI are fined
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Cellular Phone Use While Driving: Risks and Benefits Karen S. Lissy‚ M.P.H. Joshua T. Cohen‚ Ph.D. Mary Y. Park‚ M.S. John D. Graham‚ Ph.D. Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Harvard School of Public Health Boston‚ Massachusetts Phase 1 Report July 2000 Executive Summary This report assesses the risks and benefits associated with cellular phone use while driving. The interest of policymakers in this issue has been heightened by the recent decisions of selected foreign countries and
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Navarro4 How is texting affecting the literacy of teens Awyanna Mayberry Period :4 5/22/13 Text messaging can affect a person’s social skills‚ writing skills‚ driving skills. The money that people spend on phones and texting can cause financial hardship. Text messaging has begun to have a detrimental effect on teens writing skills. They use abbreviations‚ as most teenagers get used to short texting‚ some of their grades dropped due to the spelling errors they make. So many teens get used to
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Never Be Used While Driving Cell phones should never be used while driving no matter what the circumstances are. There are many reasons why it should be banned. It causes the driver to think about something other than driving. It causes the driver to have to look away from the road to dial‚ answer‚ etc. It doesn’t allow the driver to hear what’s going on around him or her such as ambulances or police sirens. These reasons are a major contributor to death. Using cell phones while driving can cause
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Assitan Sylla English 1302 Professor Joe MCDADE RISK OF USING CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING Now a day the development of technology has made the world much easier than it was many decades ago. Especial in telecommunication and multimedia‚ the cell phone is one the core of that development. According to the cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association‚ as of august 2010‚ more than 250 million people used cell phones and also another research done by to Vermont Legislative Research
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One of the leading causes of car accidents is using phones while driving. Some states have already taken action to stop this deadly problem. They enforced a law prohibiting cell phone use while driving. This solution is the best way to stop the misuse of cellphones because it allows the police to stop those who do text while driving and reduces the amount of accidents that would have occurred if the law had not been in place. Granted‚ there are some calls that cannot wait till the end of
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