In today’s society‚ people use texting as a way to communicate with each other. The evolution of this technology has made it possible for people to relay their messages quicker‚ receive responses at a faster rate‚ and be able to do other activities instead of delaying them because they are talking on the phone. Texting and the use of cellphones have become extremely popular; however‚ they’ve also become very dangerous. Texting has become a perilous activity for the fact that there are individuals
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Some states have made it illegal to drive while using a hand held cell phone‚ I disagree with this law. Due to the fact that young adults are easily distracted‚ the increase in accidents‚ and safety of any other person in the car as well. To start off young adults are easily distracted easily. It takes a young person about 4 seconds to read a text message‚ in the time that they read a message. It only takes 1.2 of those seconds for a crash to happen. Plus when its dark out and other drivers
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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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Theoretical Framework The idea of the texting and driving law is to make Michigan’s roadways safer. Unlike Michigan‚ other states have seen a decrease in accidents involving cell phone usage. Perhaps these states are tailoring their laws to all around cell phone usage and not just primarily texting. Also‚ perhaps the penalties of violating this law aren’t severe enough to deter people from using them. For example‚ in
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the world is texting and driving. There are many evidence that say that texting and driving is a bigger social problem than people think it to be. Most of these evidenced are backed up by surveys‚ research involving eliciting information from respondents through question. Stated by the article Texting and Driving “Some research shows that between 2001 and 2007‚ there were over 16‚000 deaths attributed to texting while driving (Wilson‚ Stimpson‚ 2010). Clearly texting while driving causes problems
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Some states have now made it illegal to drive while using a hand-held cell phone. Encouraging this law could prevent tragic accidents from occurring. Unfortunately‚ many are guilty of using a device while driving causing loss of control. Often‚ majority of accidents are caused by the distraction of the device itself. Hopefully‚ enforcing this law could drastically decrease the amount of crashes due to the use of devices from behind the wheel. All the states should act upon this law to protect
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Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving Introduction Today‚ many use their cell phones for just about anything and everything including; texting‚ talking‚ and connecting with the rest of the world through social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where Americans pick up their phones and use them like second nature. However‚ the dangers present themselves when many get behind the wheel of their cars and carry the habits of cell phone addictions with them. If all states
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Texting -- trading written messages over cellphones and other devices -- is changing the way people communicate‚ (Janet). Editor Debra Nussbaum writes in an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that by the early 2000’s Americans sent more than two trillion texts a year‚ by 2007‚ texting had exceeded phone calls by a long shot. This has definitely made a huge difference in the way people communicate with each other. To get a letter in the mail is pretty rare today especially knowing that a text
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Impairment is impairment. Whether it’s caused from alcohol or from seemingly innocuous acts like texting‚ surfing the web‚ or tweeting all pose very fatal risks to drivers and their immediate surroundings. Drinking and driving is irresponsible‚ but so is willfully looking away from the road to attend to something else. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute‚ if you’re driving 55 mph and take your eyes off the road for five seconds‚ the average amount of time it takes to send a text
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times. While texting‚ you will lose focus and will increase the chance of severe legal repercussions. Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400 percent increase in time spent with eyes off the road. Texting while driving increases the distractions and decreases mental focus while driving. More car accidents occur due to texting while driving in the teen population; thus‚ severe consequences for this must be implemented! Car accidents involving cell phone use and/or texting while driving
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