Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio‚ adjusting the mirrors‚ drinking a beverage‚ are all forms of distracted driving‚ but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage‚ an everyday driver‚ was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011‚ when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a
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shouldn’t be behind the wheel; however‚ regularly monitoring your driving abilities is an important part of maintaining senior health because there comes a point for nearly everyone when reflexes slow and vision deteriorates‚ making driving no longer safe for you and others on the road. This is especially true for people who have age-related health conditions. Assessing Your Driving Ability Many seniors resist giving up driving‚ even when loved ones voice concerns about their abilities to drive
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while driving‚ and driving underage can cause. There are many dangers that come with texting while driving that never occur to the people performing the action. "Nearly 5500 people were killed in distracted driving accidents in 2009‚ the Department of Transportation found." While most might believe that drunk driving is the culprit to most unforced accidents‚ they may not be educated enough to know that texting and driving is just as bad. Typically these bad habits such as texting and driving occurs
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Defensive Driving There are many reasons why Defensive Driving is important. Well all know driving is risky business. As a defensive driver‚ you can avoid crashes and lower the risk behind the wheel. What is Defensive Driving? Defensive Driving is basically driving in a manner that uses safe driving strategies to enable motorists to address identifiable hazards in a predictable manner. These strategies can go well beyond instruction of basic traffic laws and procedures. Defensive Driving requires
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“Driving Distracted” Distractions are all over the place‚ and many of today’s drivers get caught up with these risky habits. “Distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that has the potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving‚ or to increase the risk of crashing.” (“Distracted Driving”). Interferences or bad habits mainly include cell phones with teenagers being the most likely to use their phones. Other disturbances may include passengers‚ dropping belongings
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texting and driving is dangerous and whether or not it has affected you as of now‚ statistics show it could in the future. Did you know that texting while driving is now one of the most common distractions that take a driver’s eyes off the road today? Imagine if someone in your family‚ your mom‚ dad‚ or sibling were killed by a driver who was texting‚ how would you feel? Would you think‚ was that text really worth losing a life over? I am going to show you that texting while driving is never a
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The Dangers of Self-Driving Cars Can you imagine getting your life taken away from a glitch? Today’s technology‚ like self-driving cars‚ is bad because they are too expensive. The car is a waste of money because it’s a car that could glitch out or get hacked. Also it will not obey a short term stop sign. This is dangerous because it could cause accidents. It also obeys the street laws‚ but I’ll talk about it later. Self-driving cars are bad because they are too expensive. A regular car would
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Unsafe Driving Driving in and of itself is unsafe in its nature. The only thing keeping you connected to the ground is just four small patches of rubber. That is exactly why we should not take more risks while driving. Sure it may seem like you have layer of steel protecting you‚ but when you look at it‚ there is really not a lot between you and the ground when your going 50 miles an hour. The hazards of not following the rules of the road can be devastating. Not only can unsafe driving cause you
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Highway Code test. The Highway Code exam is conducted in either English or Bahasa Malaysia. JPJ also conducts test in oral for those not too proficient in the above two languages. For those in the above category‚ do seek the assistance of a good Driving Instructor or a reputable institute nearby. Having passed the Highway Code test leads one to the next step‚ which is to attend a 6 Hours “Theory” course. In this section‚ 3 hours is devoted to talking on how to maintain a good car condition
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Name: Taylor Holton Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Teen Crashes Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading |Information| Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers?| I believe that all car crashes are horrible‚ dangerous for everyone involved‚ and most likely always preventable. There’s a couple reasons why i think its such a problem‚ especially with teenage drivers because.... Crashes are the number one cause of deaths among teenagers. More
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