Heather Navaroli Norte Dame College Stop texting while driving Introduction: Today I am here to talk to you about a national epidemic‚ and one of our country ’s top killers. My plan is to bring awareness to you about the dangers of texting while driving. I will provide you with startling statistics‚ a short video‚ helpful interventions‚ and a personal pledge to never text and drive again. I. Statistics don ’t lie. Texting while driving is a serious and growing threat to road safety. A. 1‚600
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because our daily routines‚ our daily lives revolve around the habitual use of a cellular phone. Facebook‚ Perez Hilton‚ ESPN‚ Youtube‚ even the news--- Is this what you want the person next to you surfing while driving? Recently‚ our state was the 23rd state to pass the NO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING LAW‚ BUT IS THAT ENOUGH? NOW HOW MANY OF YOU HONESTLY HAVE RECENTLY TEXT MESSAGED‚ GO ON THE INTERNET‚ OR TALK AND DRIVE WITH ONE HAND WHILE OPERATING YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE? WELLL….. Last year‚ 16 percent of
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are a lot more tired than you originally realized? Most people will keep driving thing that they can push through the tiredness. There are laws to help keep or deter people from driving drunk. There are even laws in most states on talking or texting on your cell phone. Consequently‚ there are no laws or tests to show or prevent those who drive while having sleep deprivation. Therefore‚ what can be done about drowsy driving? In the age where most people are getting less sleep at night because of
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penalty for drunk driving must be dramatically increase is because it is an offense committed by the most number of people all over the world. Statistics shows how massive this dilemma affects the community. In Today’s society‚ tremendous number of accidents associated with drunk driving causes misery and tragedy‚ making it one of the main issues the government keeps on solving. Drunk driving is actually one of the most common problem that ultimately hard to be resolve. Innocuous driving entails vigilance
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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 vehicle. (CA-DMV) This law is of course one
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1 English 115 5 April 2013 Texting While Driving: Worse Than Drinking and Driving I was on the freeway on my way to school when all of a sudden out of nowhere a car pulled into my lane without any signal. I slammed on my brakes because the car almost hit me. The driver never turned to look. I honked my horn‚ but the driver didn’t take into consideration my horn and kept driving. I changed lanes and caught up with the car to see who was driving‚ and it was a young female texting on her phone
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minds as dangerous. We get in our cars. We’ve been doing it for 5 years now‚ we don’t even have to think about it. 10‚265 people died due to drinking and driving in 2015 alone. And 1.1 million people were arrested for driving while intoxicated. What I believe should be done to fix this problem is to change the legal ages for drinking and driving. The drinking age should be 16. At this age the body is developed most of the way so that there would not be growth impairment. The child would be under their
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Use of Phone While Driving The amount of teenager and adults that use their phone while driving has increased greatly in the past years. This not only has caused a wide range of injuries‚ but also numerous deaths. Overall‚ phone interaction is dangerous and phone users should be aware of this fact. Travis Burhart stated‚ “A mere five letters can change a person’s life forever.” This quote is very true to those who constantly check their phones while driving a car‚ that could potently kill or injure
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drunk driving accident‚ it’s so sad and honestly it couldn’t be worse for the drunk. We all know that theincapacitated person is always to blame if there is a drunk driving accident. Also‚ you will always have that feeling on your conscience telling you that because of your stupid mistake someone else had to pay the price. Someone else got hurt or had damage done to property because of you being irresponsible. Drunk driving isn’t that hard to stop‚ or even avoid. If you are driving drunk
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Drunk driving is a serious problem in our country that must be taken seriously. It’s estimated that approximately 30 people die each day to alcohol-influenced traffic accidents in the United States alone. With statistics like that‚ it’s no surprise that police take every measure necessary to intervene--including the use of checkpoints. However‚ the use of these checkpoints is under serious question lately. They don’t appear to be very successful--the cost of checkpoint efforts near Chicago seem
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