Imagine a teenager driving home from a football game late Friday night. Its pitch dark out and the teen can barely see when completely focused on the road. Then the teen feels his phone ring in his pocket and he reaches to check it‚ taking his eyes from the road for just a split second and then bang‚ he swerves off the road and hits a mailbox. Of course this isn’t an extreme example of what can happen from texting or distracted driving but it is dangerous none the less. One of the most common deaths
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Activities to Promote Safe Driving Traffic accidents kill young drivers and their passengers more than any other age group‚ partly because kids don’t have the experience that older drivers have and also because kids do mindless things when they drive‚ sometimes due to peer pressure or just lack of awareness. Distractions such as cell phones‚ eating‚ grooming‚ talking‚ texting and fiddling with the radio can cause automobile crashes. Wearing seat belts can save lives in accidents. Driver education
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Before driving a car‚ you must learn first what road signs‚ colors‚ and sign shapes mean. You need to learn what the different road signs mean and what they look like. There are many signs which you must follow in order to get to your destination. It is very important that you learn all these before actually driving. Another thing you must know is which lane you must drive in and how to turn into a lane. The reason is because you cannot get into a car without knowing what to do while on the
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"Senior Citizen Driving" I. Introduction A. In 2003‚ 90yr-old‚ George Weller made the headlines due to him driving his car into a farmers market in Santa Monica‚ CA. He was found guilty on 10 counts of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to 5 years of probation with over $100‚000 in fines. (Wilson) B. Today I want to propose that the federal government institute a law requiring any one age 70 and up with a state drivers license to be tested every year to make sure they mentally and physically
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Ha’s Driving School Re-cap what you have learned in the Driver’s Education Course and choose at least 2 topics that benefit you the most and why? Basic Maneuvers: When attempting to back your car in a parking spot‚ one must first bring the car to a complete stop if the car was in drive (D). Then shift the gear from drive or park (P) to reverse (R)‚ with the brakes applied firmly. The driver should then turn his or her body around enough to see the rear window while still maintaining good control
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Research Paper Raising Driving Age to 18 In the 13 July‚ 2011 USA Today newspaper article by William Van Tassel‚ manager of AAA’s driver training program‚ says that‚ “ Teens do continue to drive distracted even when they recognize the dangers‚” According to the teen driving statistics that are provided by the CDC‚ about 3‚000 teens died in auto accidents in 2009 and 350‚000 were treated for injuries. For all those reasons‚ I think the legal driving age should be raised to 18 from 16. One
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PURPOSE: To inform my audience about teenage driving risks and what can be done to prevent them. CENTRAL IDEA: Teenagers driving are the cause of many fatalities each year and the restrictions already in existence are not doing enough to protect them. INTRODUCTION: I. Today I ’m going to be talking about teenage driving and the risks involved. II. More and more teenagers get behind the wheel each day with the wrong mindset toward driving III. The government is now trying to
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Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio‚ adjusting the mirrors‚ drinking a beverage‚ are all forms of distracted driving‚ but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage‚ an everyday driver‚ was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011‚ when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a
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Zero-Tolerance For sober Driving If you are depressed‚ and no medicines are working for you‚ alcohol just might be the way out. If you need something to do‚ getting drunk just might be the solution. Bored? I heard being drunk makes everything just a little more flashy. How about a challenge? The way alcohol really blurs your vision‚ when driving can really spice up your driving life. If at first you don’t succeed – try‚ try‚ and try again. After all‚ practice makes perfect! Recently‚ more and more
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Abstract Cause: Driving drunk Effect One: Penalties Jail time Losing your job Missing your family’s time Effect Two: Personal injury The finical cost one self The cost to the state for those uninsured The cost to your family Effect Three: Cost of life Killing your self Killing incident bystanders Causing injury’s that are irreversible Annotated Bibliography Fancher‚ R. (2003). Drinking & DRIVING. Scholastic Choices‚ 19(1)‚ 6. Retrived from
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