Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving Mariah Henry COM/170 December 11‚ 2012 Michele Davidson Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving The nation risks a relentless rise in deadly accidents unless it makes texting while driving as forbidden as drinking and driving. Sending or receiving a text message takes a driver’s eyes from the road long enough to drive the length of a football field while driving an average speed of 55 miles per hour; that does not include having a reaction
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everyday as a result of texting while driving. Texting may seem harmless but texting while driving can be dangerous‚ and fata. Its also harmful to everyone around you. Distracted driving is constantly ranking as one of the biggest traffic safety issues. According to studies in 2009‚ 66% of drivers from 18 and 24 send and receive text messages while driving and don’t admit to it. They believe that it does not put others in harms way when that is false. Texting while driving is the leading is the largest
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causing a domino effect of crashes. Cars are tumbled‚ glass everywhere‚ children screaming. Texting and driving is responsible for over 1.6 million crashes each year. Texting and driving is responsible for the deaths of innocent lives of friends‚ neighbors‚ family members‚ and children.
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Commentary Texting while driving is a fairly new but very serious issue not only among teenagers but also adults. The issue is new because texting is a recently new way of communicating between individuals and since it is growing and becoming more popular most people text. Now put this common task to the test by driving at the same time and most of the time the result is not good. One of the main issues of this is car crash fatalities. There have been plenty of car crashes due to texting. People think
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AT&T It Can Wait Introduction How tempting does it sound to glimpse at a text while driving on an empty road? I know for myself and the rest of my generation how hard it is to resist that temptation of grabbing the phone to send a text. Most of the time‚ the text may not even be that short so it seems okay to grab it really quick and reply back to that friend. Everyone at some point in time has been warned by many family and friends of how dangerous it is to text and drive. This problem of
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Distracted driving is an extraordinarily important topic that should not go unaddressed. More than ten people pass away and 1‚161 have been injured every day due to careless and inattentive driving. Half of teen car collisions result from either a text message or tweet that could have waited. Life is so precious and should not be taken away from someone because‚ of a new status on Facebook. Texting while driving already had a major impact on the road and with the addition of social media it will
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Admit it‚ you’ve done it‚ You’ve been driving down the side street (and yes‚ the highway as well) when your phone‚ blackberry‚ or whatever you use to call and text with goes off. You immediately grab it‚ even though you are driving in traffic and really shouldn’t. It’s a dangerous and terrible habit American drivers have developed. and it needs to be broken!. In today’s lifestyle‚ text messaging is a main form of communication. Most people who own a cell phone revel in the wonders of text messaging:
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English 111 26 June 2009 A Fatal Addiction One minute you’re talking on the phone with a friend‚ driving home from the store‚ the next you wake up in a hospital bed with serious injuries covering your body‚ wondering what happened. An estimated amount of traffic injuries and deaths combined are 350‚600‚ and 330‚000 being injuries. Everyone you know has a cell phone‚ we all use them constantly‚ every minute of everyday. Knowing that it is dangerous to text and drive‚ we still do it; we text‚ play
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New Laws against Texting while Walking Will Rogers once said “You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people." However‚ you can try. After recent incidents involving distracted pedestrian accidents‚ New York and Arkansas are attempting to outlaw texting or listening to music while walking‚ or cycling. It may seem a little bit ridiculous‚ but after Cathy Cruz Marrero’s infamous fall into a mall fountain‚ these means may be necessary. Have you ever tripped while looking at your
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Persuasive Essay : Should There Be A Ban On Texting While Driving Do you think there should be a ban on texting while driving? Do you want to keep your children safe on the road? Did you know that teens who text and drive are the #1 cause of teen deaths? Despite there already being phone apps that will automatically lock your phone when driving‚ there should be a ban on texting while driving because by doing this‚ there will be fewer teen deaths and make the roads safer. With many apps that offer
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