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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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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consider that texting while driving can be very dangerous.They say that roads aren’t safe when driver’s text and drive. But in reality there wouldn’t be a difference in roads if the ban of texting while driving was enacted. In my opinion I don’t think texting while driving should be banned. I disagree with the whole concept of it. Banning texting while driving would be pointless‚ hard to enforce‚ and it isn’t the cause of increase in car accidents. One reason why texting while driving shouldn’t be
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Texting While Driving by Liz Coram How many people text behind the wheel of their vehicle? Can we relate to the following story? Jaci Lemons* is driving down the street‚ headed to school. The 17 year old driver is texting another friend. As she looks down to read the incoming text‚ Jaci veers off to the right and crashes head-on into the back of a parked vehicle. She is taken to the hospital‚ but after brief examination by the attending ER doctor‚ Jaci is released. Thankfully‚ the only thing
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Kassandra Vera Part 2: Texting While Driving Professor: Jolanta Kiurshanoska English 215 Nova University 18th August 2013 PART 2: TEXTING WHILE DRIVING Texting while driving didn’t become a global issue overnight‚ but quickly‚ one fatality after the next‚ led to alarming statistics that cannot continue to go ignored‚ and while some families are asking for justice‚ that could never replace the loved ones they’ve lost. Others are demanding a solution to the growing epidemic. In
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decided to driving while texting‚ she hit a parked car. Today I am here to persuade you to not text while driving. Driving while texting‚ is very dangerous‚ costly and should be illegal to all age of drivers in all states. There are two major dangers to worry about while driving and texting. There have been thousands of deaths due to texting while driving. The University of N. Texas Health Center reported during
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that texting while driving‚ and driving underage can cause. There are many dangers that come with texting while driving that never occur to the people performing the action. "Nearly 5500 people were killed in distracted driving accidents in 2009‚ the Department of Transportation found." While most might believe that drunk driving is the culprit to most unforced accidents‚ they may not be educated enough to know that texting and driving is just as bad. Typically these bad habits such as texting and
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and level of safety. In today’s society cell phone are being used for texting and talking while driving. The state of Alabama is ranked 3rd in nation for texting while driving (State ranks 3rd for texting while driving). There are only six’s states that have passed laws against driving while using a cell phone California‚ Connecticut‚ New Jersey‚ New York‚ Oregon‚ Washington and Virginia (Cell Phone and Texting Laws) . Driving while using a cell phone is precarious because it cause accident‚ injuries
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to respond‚ they do. Before they know it the car in front of them stops too fast and there in an accident. Texting while behind the wheel takes your eyes off the road‚ you lose your focus‚ and it has a high risk factor. Texting while driving is very dangerous and can cause serious harm. Texting while driving takes away the one thing that absolutely everyone counts on while behind the wheel‚ vision. No matter where the phone is placed‚ whether it is on the dash board or on the
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