when texting while driving. Central Idea: Texting while driving can be fatal‚ distracting‚ and what can we do to prevent the danger of texting while driving. Introduction: I would like to start by asking you this‚ do you value your life? Do you value the life of others? If so why put yourself and the life of other at risk by texting while driving? Good evening ladies and gentleman my name is Shanalee Robinson and tonight I will persuade you into thinking about why texting and driving is a
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English Comp I 13 September 2013 Dangers of Texting While Driving Technology has become a large part of our society. Mobile phones have become a staple to millions of people throughout the world‚ but with this technology comes a lack of responsibility that can cause harm to others. Texting has become a popular form of communication in the fast paced society we live in today. Texting and driving has become a growing epidemic. Statistics continue to prove how dangerous it is and why people
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Causes of texting and driving would be if a young teenager heard their cell phone ringing and they automatically assume they needed to answer it. The effect would be they have less time to react‚ checking a cell phone takes away five seconds of teen’s attention to driving or moving at a stop light. Justifying that reading a text is way safer then actually replying or composing a text message. Texting or reading a text better is much safer at a red stop light instead of driving down the interstate
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Theoretical Framework The idea of the texting and driving law is to make Michigan’s roadways safer. Unlike Michigan‚ other states have seen a decrease in accidents involving cell phone usage. Perhaps these states are tailoring their laws to all around cell phone usage and not just primarily texting. Also‚ perhaps the penalties of violating this law aren’t severe enough to deter people from using them. For example‚ in
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Impairment is impairment. Whether it’s caused from alcohol or from seemingly innocuous acts like texting‚ surfing the web‚ or tweeting all pose very fatal risks to drivers and their immediate surroundings. Drinking and driving is irresponsible‚ but so is willfully looking away from the road to attend to something else. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute‚ if you’re driving 55 mph and take your eyes off the road for five seconds‚ the average amount of time it takes to send a text
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Texting and driving is a very wrong thing to do. If you are texting and driving there is a serious risk you are taking. There is great possibility that something very tragic could happen. It is against the law and you should not break that law. That law is trying to stop us from doing it. Do not text and drive. Texting and driving could end in a horrible accident. For example‚ if you are driving and you get a text‚ do not answer it. If you happen to answer it‚ pull over on the side of the
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wheel of a vehicle. My editorial titled “Texting while driving? In a matter of seconds‚ you could ruin lives forever.” Was created by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. This editorial is focused on the argument that driving while texting can be extremely hazardous to a person’s life and those around them. “Close your eyes‚ and count five seconds. Open them. That’s the average amount of time motorists take their eyes off the road while texting.” This statement speaks strongly to me in giving
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the world is texting and driving. There are many evidence that say that texting and driving is a bigger social problem than people think it to be. Most of these evidenced are backed up by surveys‚ research involving eliciting information from respondents through question. Stated by the article Texting and Driving “Some research shows that between 2001 and 2007‚ there were over 16‚000 deaths attributed to texting while driving (Wilson‚ Stimpson‚ 2010). Clearly texting while driving causes problems
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Dangers Of Texting Many people‚ mainly teenagers‚ text while driving and don’t think to consider the safety of themselves and others. Some teenagers‚ just like Chelsea in the Dr.Phil’s‚ film “Texting While Driving”‚ come into some near tragic experiences because of texting while driving and still don’t consider what they are doing a safety hazard. Chelsea stated that nothing can stop her from texting while driving. I’m sure she is not the only person who feels that way. Many people enjoy the convenience
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asked to come here on behalf of the RTA to aware you all of the dangers of using your phone while driving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3x7K3EOTk How many of you have cell phones? How many of you drive? Honestly‚ how many of you use your phone and drive at the same time? In my experience of 10 years working in this field I have spent countless hours studying the effects of texting while driving and can tell you‚ it is very dangerous. The great majority of people are constantly on their phones
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