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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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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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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Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving Introduction Today‚ many use their cell phones for just about anything and everything including; texting‚ talking‚ and connecting with the rest of the world through social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where Americans pick up their phones and use them like second nature. However‚ the dangers present themselves when many get behind the wheel of their cars and carry the habits of cell phone addictions with them. If all states
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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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I agree that driving while using a handheld cellphone is bad because it can lead to a car crash‚ the driver isn’t focused on the road‚ and not paying attention to other drivers and not all hands are on the wheel. One reason why I believe that driving with a cellphone should be illegal because it can lead to a serious car crash in some cases. The driver may not be focused on the road and they hit a car dead on. Another reason why I agree with driving with a cellphone is illegal because the
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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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I have seen countless public service announcements on texting and driving in my lifetime but by using such a strong visual that grasped my attention from beginning to end‚ Jerry Stoner was able to deliver the message that “Cell phones and driving don’t mix. Ever‚” very effectively. The PSA Distracted Driving Commercial uses pathos through their visual of a phone with a fuse connected to it and logos by using many facts before the phone bursts‚ by utilizing rhetorical appeals this commercial was able
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Cellphone Use While Driving There are controversial opinions for using a cellphone while driving. The main reason for the debates is because of the number of auto accidents have increased. Statistics are showing it is because of the distraction of cellphone use. There have been many deaths from auto accidents‚ when it has been determined that the driver was using a cellphone. There are different ways to use a cellphone. There are talking on the phone‚ texting‚ gaming‚ emailing‚ online use
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Tyler Lawson English 111 Kenet Adamson 18/April/2014 For the revision of one of my essay’s‚ I choose to do my Illustration essay. For my illustration essay I choose to do the topic “Bad Habits While Driving.” Before some of the essay was wrong and supposedly copyrighted but I rewrote it into my words again so therefore this time it shouldn’t be wrong. Now on one of the quotes that I gave I forgot to give credit to the website and that was definitely copyrighted and I totally forgot to put that
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