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 teens dying each day in a texting-related car crash. People like this have driven 46 states to pass legislation banning texting and driving. But texting fines vary wildly across the country
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Heather Navaroli Norte Dame College Stop texting while driving Introduction: Today I am here to talk to you about a national epidemic‚ and one of our country ’s top killers. My plan is to bring awareness to you about the dangers of texting while driving. I will provide you with startling statistics‚ a short video‚ helpful interventions‚ and a personal pledge to never text and drive again. I. Statistics don ’t lie. Texting while driving is a serious and growing threat to road safety. A. 1‚600
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forum member Zoe illustrates beautifully below. In her list of pros and cons‚ Zoe stands back and takes a critical look at her old smoking habit. A powerful exercise in stepping out from behind the smoke screen that nicotine addiction forces us to live behind‚ a pros and cons list allows us to uncover the truth about our relationship with smoking. From there‚ the work of healing can begin ... as it did for Zoe. The Pros and Cons of Cigarette Smoking From Zoe: I made a list of what I liked
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101 31‚ March 2011 Say No to texting and driving Have you ever considered reading a book while driving? If not then why would you text and drive? Driving is something that requires your full attention. When you open up your cell phone to send a text or receive a text then you might as well get out a book and start reading. Suppose you are driving down the road and your phone alerts you that you have a text message coming in‚ when you grab
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Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving Mariah Henry COM/170 December 11‚ 2012 Michele Davidson Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving The nation risks a relentless rise in deadly accidents unless it makes texting while driving as forbidden as drinking and driving. Sending or receiving a text message takes a driver’s eyes from the road long enough to drive the length of a football field while driving an average speed of 55 miles per hour; that does not include having a reaction
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Texting while driving is a large taboo in this country. We are told not to text while driving in school. We are shown the tragic advertisements‚ the heart wrenching statistics‚ but all of this still leaves a disconnect. It can never happen to me is an unfortunate assumption that most of us make everyday without even intending to be self-centered. The idea that we could cause ourselves or others harm is a mood point that few care to consider‚ but we must if we are ever going to face the epidemic
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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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like if there were no laws especially on the roadway? There would be mass chaos‚ and death. Did you know that one of the main reasons behind car accidents is from texting and driving or being on social media while driving? I have lost many friends and also been in a terrible car accident from being on Facebook while driving. Driving nowadays is very dangerous. It seems like everywhere you turn there are people dying from car accidents. I think there are six main reasons that people speed. The biggest
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Seconds Five seconds may not mean a great deal or seem like significant amount of time to be concern about; however‚ a driver spending just five seconds to read a text message while driving can mean more than what most drivers anticipated. It can mean a person’s life. Sarah Rogers was only 8 years old when driving in a car with her mom. On a four-way stop sign a car crashed into their car hitting the mother’s side at 60mph. James Trolley was the driver who crashed into them and because he decided
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Why Texting While Driving Should Be Forbidden September 18‚ 2013 Why Texting While Driving Should Be Forbidden How would you feel if someone that you held dear to your heart was severely injured or robbed of his or her life over a simple text message? What would be your choice of action if you received a text message while driving? Texting while driving is a dangerous habit that drivers have developed due to texting’s popularity and entertainment. However‚ the dangers
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