The Dangers of Texting While Driving Over the past few years‚ texting while driving has become a major issue for many Americans across the country. It has been the cause of many deaths and injuries and is a huge distraction for drivers. Texting while driving is said to be as dangerous as drunk driving. Many campaigns have been developed to further reduce the rate of accidents caused by texting while driving‚ but these are not taken to notice by the thousands of people taking their chances and answering
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Drinking and Driving Running Head: The Effects of Drinking and Driving The Effects of Drinking and Driving Agnes M. Ester Letourneau University Drinking and Driving Abstract For Many years the effects of consuming alcoholic beverages has raised eyebrows. However‚ this behavior wasn’t so openly discussed as a social problem until the late seventies early eighties. As we look back to our ancestor’s generations‚ this behavior wasn’t considered a social issue or even a problem for
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injuries. He was convicted of assault‚ manslaughter‚ wanton endangerment‚ and drunken driving and was sent to the Kentucky State Reformatory‚ where he served a nine-and-a-half-year sentence. Most of you probably didn’t realize that this many lives could be affected in just one accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ approximately 10‚839 people will die in drunk driving accidents this year. That’s one death every 50 minutes. Today‚ I would like to inform
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distractions a driver may face while out on the road. According to CDC’s “Distracted Driving‚” there are three main driving distractions: Visual‚ manual‚ and cognitive. “A visual distraction is when the driver takes their eyes off the road. A manual distraction is when the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel. And lastly‚ a cognitive distraction is when the driver takes their mind off of driving.” Some distracted driving activities that tie in with the three main distractions include: eating and
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such as our socializing and driving. Numerous accidents caused by distracted driving happen every day. In the articles and infographics below‚ there are several statistics and other important information for the distracted driver. Hopefully some of this information will help drivers become more aware and cautious when driving. First‚ the slideshow “Understanding the Distracted Brain” from the National Safety Council discusses the major issues with distracted driving. Motor vehicle accidents are
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I chose the topic of distracted driving‚ more specifically texting while driving‚ to do my speech on. I will evaluate myself on what I was most proud of‚ what I need to improve on‚ and what 2 things surprised myself. I was most proud of having a lot of content. I felt like I had done my research well and I was pretty knowledgeable about the topic. I also was passionate about not texting while driving (I will not touch my phone when I am driving) and I felt like the audience was able to tell that
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Drinking and Driving Offenses My essay is on "Drinking and Driving Offenses". In my essay I will tell you the various kinds of drinking and driving offenses‚ the penalties‚ and the defences you can make if you are caught drinking and driving. Let me tell you about the different offenses. There are six offenses in drinking and driving. They are "driving while impaired"‚ "Having care and control of a vehicle while impaired"‚ "Driving while exceeding 80 m.g."‚ "Having care and control
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I think teenage driving should not be raised and remained the same. Driving can be complicated for people that haven’t experienced it at all‚ especially‚ the ones that are nervous and seen the downsides of driving on drivers education. Getting the teens to drive vehicles can overcome their fear and help them learn more outside. Not only that‚ but it also have them get used to land vehicles they are already familiar with the roads‚ the signs‚ etc. Early driving comes with three good benefits such
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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 which
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occasionally checking your text messages could result in lifelong injury or even death. Although‚ how serious is this in the modern day world? With hands free calling and other technological advances‚ is distracted driving not as big of an issue as it was 10 or maybe even 20 years ago? Distracted driving happens when a person is operating a vehicle and partakes in a different activity that divides his/her attention. This usually happens when someone is using an electronic related device. According to the National
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