Causal Analysis of Texting and Driving Cell phones have evolved since the introduction of this invention. We used phones for the sole purpose of calling people. Now we can use cell phones for internet use‚ taking pictures‚ and most importantly texting. Texting began to take off as a trend specifically for teenagers. ! Teenagers are notorious for multitasking throughout the day. As talking on the phone emerged as too time consuming‚ texting began to exist as a convenience. Texting plays a vital
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Fatalities From Distracted Driving in the United States‚ 1999 to 2008." American Journal of Public Health 100.11 (2010): 2213-2219. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. Fernando A. Wilson and Jim P. Stimpson focus on the trends of distracted drivers and their relation to cell phone use. They give records data and statistics on all road fatalities on U.S. Roads from 1998 to 2008 from The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). They include trends in driving fatalities due to distracted
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come with responsibility. This generation often gets distracted while doing tasks that require complete focus. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ a distraction is “A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.” Distractions while driving are completely unacceptable‚ however‚ our society has made it normal to text or make calls while driving. There are many causes to why people use cell phones while driving‚ and with causes there are effects. People like to fit in with
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Texting While Driving Did you know that in 2011 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones? That is 1.3 MILLION crashes (D7 R.W). Cell phones are huge distractions and are especially dangerous on the road. Being in a huge‚ fast‚ and solid peice of metal‚ you don’t need any distractions. I’m Renae and this is Karli. I would like for you to think before picking up that phone in the car. One of the big obvious reasons is that it is extremely dangerous (2C R.W) and nearly 500‚00 people are injured
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TEXTING AND DRIVING 1 Texting and Driving Hector Diaz DeVry University TEXTING AND DRIVING 2 Texting and Driving The U.S. Department of Transportation launched its firstever national advertising campaign last week‚ featuring a 30second PSA going viral now that depicts a fatal side collision in which three young Americans are in a car‚ and the driver is killed after she runs a stop sign and fails to see the truck coming from the
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The Problem and Solution of the Reckless Driving Cars were invented as to fulfil the people needed for transportation. But then‚ some of the drivers are practicing different kinds of reckless driving method on the road although they know that the driving was defensively global demand to use car. There are many reason and causes by reckless driving. Other than that‚ this problem is the major causes that vehicle losing control. Car manufacture produce car that trusted to be safe when on the road
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Texas texting while driving bill In 2009‚ Alex Brown crashed her car on her way to school because she was distracted by the text messages on her phone. Alex Brown was from Texas and was going to a school in West Texas. Her family founded the Alex Brown foundation. They traveled around the country‚ to educate the drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. This accident got attention from the media and it led to the ban of texting while driving in various states in the United States‚ but ironically
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111` Section #4369 3 June 2013 Final Texting and Driving Needs to Come To a Stop Texting while driving is not a good habit‚ with just moving our eyes from the road to answer a simple message can cause someone life. According to Ian Mulgrew‚ a journalist author from Canada‚ many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage. There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted driving from happening; although they can’t completely
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“Argumentative Essay RD” NWSU – Dr. Heard 14 September 2010 Texting and Driving Should Be Banned in Every State. Should the laws for texting while driving be the same in every State? In today’s society‚ the vast majority of people rely on a cell phone of their choice to talk‚ text‚ or e-mail. The most popular and dangerous is texting while driving. In most state texting while driving is ban for everyone and in other states there is an age limit for texting and driving. The laws should
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Texting and Driving Essay 49 Percent of all drivers admit to texting and driving‚ well in fact there are way more people who probably text and drive. This is alarming that 49 percent of drivers still text while driving while 98 percent of drivers know it is dangerous. In 2011 it was reported that 23 percent of all automobile accidents involved a cell phone that’s two million crashes. The minimal amount of time it takes to send a text message is 5 seconds that means if you are driving at 55 miles
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