Texting While Driving When a cell phone goes off in a classroom or at a concert‚ we are irritated‚ but at least our lives are not endangered. When we are on the road‚ irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating they are dangerous. One of the most dangerous distractions for drivers remains to be texting while driving. As reported by Virginia Tech Transportation Institute‚ it is 23 times more likely that a driver will crash while texting and driving (www. http://safetextingcampaign.com)
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Driving while using a hand held device is a major topic in todays world because many people do own hand held devices and are addicted to them. Teen and adult drivers don’t know how to put their phones down for twenty minutes to drive to wherever their destination may be. Using a hand held device should be illegal‚ it is dangerous to the driver or other drivers on the road and it can cause accidents or unsafe driving. Hand held devices are unsafe when it comes to driving‚ teens are often stereotyped
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is the ultimate consequence of texting while driving. It has not only started to take over our country over the past couple of years‚ but also has become the most common leading factor for car accidents around the world. In fact‚ over three thousand people are killed every single day due to texting while driving‚ leaving many injured. It seems as if this problem is only getting worse as the years pass by. The majority of the people think that texting while driving is a really simple task to complete
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did not use their cellphones while operating a motor vehicle. Being safe is better than being sorry because using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle can not only be dangerous but fatal. Texting while driving can cost you a lot and can be costly financially. The penalty for texting while driving can be up to 10‚000 in repairs or even be death. In fact‚ the leading cause of death for teenage drivers is now texting‚ not drinking‚ with nearly a dozen
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Habits Texting Has Caused throughout the United States “Beware the Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Texting While Driving July-Aug. 2010: n. pag. http://www.google.com. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. . Cell phones have brought us a lot convenient ways to talk to people. When it comes to road safety‚ the cell phone is very hazardous. Accidents have increased dramatically since texting has become more popular and people have taken chances of texting while driving. Even the small amount of time to glance at
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Makeda Reid Professor Taylor MLA Research 2150 17 November 2011 Texting While Driving: A Deadly Dilemma When Gary Golatas climbed into the passenger seat of Allyson P. Smitter’s sports car on the morning of July 4‚ 2011‚ he had no idea that she would be taking him for his last ride. According to an article in the Terlingua Daily Express‚ Golatas‚ 17‚ and Smitter‚ 18‚ had planned a holiday excursion to festivities in nearby Appaloosa County. Six months later‚ it was no holiday when a Kiva
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While Kelley was driving on I-4‚ a friend texted her. Kelley picked up her phone and read the text. While she began to laugh‚ she looked up and started to realize that she was too close to the truck in front of her which started to brake. Kelley was too late to react on time and got into a bad accident. Luckily she made it out alive‚ but she could have ended up losing her life. Although a lot of people text while driving‚ they never admit that they do so. As illustrated in the real life example before
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April 30‚ 2013: A woman driving her Dodge Ram truck on an eastern Texas highway crashes into an SUV kills the driver and a passenger leaving a 6-year-old boy paralyzed. Aug. 23‚ 2016: A motorist in Japan rams into two pedestrians and kills one of them. July 21‚ 2015: A 17-year-old girl runs through a red light after messaging on Facebook for eight minutes. She kills a Minnesota man and his 10-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune‚ these are all accidents that happened because one person
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December 29‚ 2009. While texting a friend she struck a guardrail doing about sixty miles per hour‚ causing her car to flip and slide down into a ditch costing her‚ her life. Texting while driving is a senseless way for people to be injured or even killed. Just imagine living out your life feeling as thou you could have prevented a death‚ or even life-long injury of a friend‚ family member‚ or an innocent civilian just by setting down your phone‚ and focusing on driving. Thinking about it
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Stephen Hayes 12-3-14 English Comp I Mrs. Daniels Texting While Driving is Dangerous A split second is all it takes to send a text. A split second is all it takes to end a life. Most of us don’t think of the dangers that can occur when sending a text while driving. Imagine a sixteen year old teenager‚ driving on the roads; all of a sudden the teen receives a text from a friend. A split second later‚ an accident occurs; the teen that couldn’t wait to send a text has just slammed into the back of
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