Texting and Driving vs. Drunk Driving Over the last century‚ technology has helped society move forward‚ making things faster and easier. Having a vehicle has allowed people to reach a destination faster than they would if they had to ride a bike or even walk. Also the ability to now text using a cell phone speeds up the communication process even more. With all the new technological advances you have to many people taking advantage of it; by texting while they are driving to make business or
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Which one would you consider worse; drunk driving‚ or texting while driving? Most people would say drunk driving‚ including me. However; after doing some research‚ my opinion is a little different now. As much as people would like to think that drunk driving is worse; statistics have proven texting while driving to be far worse than drunk driving. Although they are both horrible habits to adopt‚ more than half of the world is guilty of doing at least one of these. In many articles that I have
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The use of cell phones while driving has become a major problem nationwide. Drivers who use their cell phones while driving are prone to causing accidents and being involved in one than without using a cell phone. It has been documented and statistically proven numerous times that texting and driving is one of the main causes of road accidents in this nation‚ therefore‚ it is important that something is done about the use of cell phones and driving to prevent the number of accidents from continuing
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service advertisement portrays texting and driving as a cause of injury that can be prevented. It seeks to get people to change their behavior by using a close up image of a man being punched in the face‚ comparing his reaction to that of cars crashing into each other due to texting and driving. A close-up view is more effective than a shot taken further away because the detail highlights the violence of the punch. We are able to see the pain in the man’s face while the spit is forced out of his mouth
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distracted driving. Senator Klobuchar on the committee and senators Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the
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that might not be a problem anymore. Many states have banned the use of hand-held devices while driving. Knowing about all the people that have been killed in accidents involving cell phones‚ I one-hundred percent agree with this law. Using your cell phone while driving can lead to lack of focus on the road‚ especially among young drivers who are not as experienced as their adult counterparts. Driving takes an extreme amount of concentration‚ due to the many things that could happen on the
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The use of cell phones while driving can be very dangerous. It is already illegal in some states‚ and should be in all fifty. The use of cell phones while driving has played a big role in wrecks. If the use of cells phones while driving became illegal‚ a large percentage of wrecks would decrease. If people did not use their phone will driving they would be more focused on what there doing on the roads. Operating a cell phone while driving needs to be illegal in all states because it causes wrecks
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Driving While Intoxicated The role alcohol plays in our society is confusing. Alcohol is medically classified as a depressant drug. It is just as dangerous as any illegal drug‚ yet it’s legal for adults to drink. Automobile accidents involving alcohol are the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 15 to 24. People who choose to get behind the wheel while intoxicated usually overlook and disregard the negative consequences of their actions‚ and the effects on victims and their
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I went to take my driving test‚ I was extremely nervous and a bit scared. I wasn’t nervous or scared of the actual test‚ but the pressure that I put on myself to succeed on the first try as did my two older siblings. Turns out I did pass and I can still remember how I felt on that April day. The feeling of accomplishment and joy that fell on me that day was unbelievable. After I got home from the DMV‚ I drove myself accompanied by my little sister around the neighborhood. Driving around that night
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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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