The Dangers of Texting While Driving Over the past few years‚ texting while driving has become a major issue for many Americans across the country. It has been the cause of many deaths and injuries and is a huge distraction for drivers. Texting while driving is said to be as dangerous as drunk driving. Many campaigns have been developed to further reduce the rate of accidents caused by texting while driving‚ but these are not taken to notice by the thousands of people taking their chances and answering
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Texting While Driving ------------------------------------------------- Dimple Jariwala ------------------------------------------------- December 8‚ 2009 ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Kristen Walls Bibliography: Cruz‚ Gilbert. "Driving Us to Distraction." Time 24 Aug. 2009: 45. General OneFile. Web. 30 Nov. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=tlc079053370>. “ Texting While Driving: The New Drunk Driving” Stephanie
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known as “texting”. Unfortunately texting has also become a huge safety concern when it occurs while driving. While certain distractions while driving are inevitable‚ texting while driving requires serious attention and focus and thus should be outlawed in the US. The new Wireless Communications Device Law (effective January 1‚ 2009) makes it an infraction to write‚ send‚ or read text-based communication on an electronic wireless communications device‚ such as a cell phone‚ while driving a motor
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Imagine you are driving down the highway and suddenly a car hits the car in front of you. In that car there was one adult‚ one teenager‚ and toddler‚ and a newborn baby. The car that was hit got flipped over multiple times. No one in the car managed to survive that accident. This all happened because the driver decided to pull out their phone and text a simple “Yes.” Texting and driving is a huge problem in the United States. Many laws have been passed to prevent texting and driving. It also causes
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Cause and effect of texting and driving In today’s society texting and driving has become an increasingly serious issue. Not only is it now illegal which is a totally different subject itself; but its life threatening to you and many others. Texting takes only just moments‚ but in that moment it could harm a life or even take one for that matter. What are the causes of texting while driving? It could be anything from being careless; to being in a hurry. In today’s time communication is limited
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day’s time. This leaves them to get things done while on the road. Checking texts and social media is a top priority for Americans and since many have smartphones‚ they will do it on the road. There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted driving from happening‚ although they can’t completely stop it. No matter what age the driver is‚ under no circumstance should they be texting while driving. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people
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Driving a Thin Line I’d be lying if I said I never text while driving. But I recognize the dangers‚ and try to do it as little as possible. However‚ there are still incidents that occur. One day‚ I was driving down Highway 6‚ passing Walmart‚ and received a text from my brother asking what time baseball practice was. I went to reply and took my focus off my driving. This immediately endangered myself‚ anyone else in the car‚ and everyone in the cars around me. While texting‚ I have no ability to
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Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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Browning Professor Nance English Composition I 2 December 2014 Texting While Driving‚ Why is it a Norm? A group of friends were crossing the street when bam! A car ran a red light and struck them. The driver was texting on the cell phone. Each year‚ 5‚000 traffic fatalities are caused by distraction on a phone (Key Facts: Distractions). This statistic from the American Automobile Association shows the dangerous effects of texting and driving. However‚ many states are now looking at laws to change
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Texting While Driving The number one leading cause of teenage driving deaths and crashes is texting while driving. Texting while driving is teenagers’ number one driving distraction (Cell Phone). Texting while driving has not really been a big concern until recently. Law enforcement have realized that the percentage of texting and driving accident have risen over the past years. Texting while driving has been getting ignored but now it’s time to bring it to the light to save some lives. Texting
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