How has driving fatigued been affected by mass media? “You shouldn’t drive drunk” is a phrase often repeated by the media‚ between friends sometimes by passers-by‚ and is seen as the be-all end-all of driving safely. But spare a thought for driving while fatigued‚ for all the night owls‚ night shift workers‚ long haul truckers and so on. An issue such as this affects many around the country‚ especially those listed above‚ which are primarily workers. This essay will be broken down into three different
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The opposition team has earlier raised the point of the safety of corporal punishment in schools. But this point they have raised is completely invalid as corporal punishment ‚ caning‚ is done in a very safe and non-emotionally scarring way. After a student commits an offence‚ they will have a talk to a teacher or discipline master. And if the student is defiant and would not admit his mistake and repent‚ the parents are called up. The parents are consulted on the student’s behavior and asked
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Safe Sex Not No Sex With increasing teen pregnancies and high Sexual Transmitted Infection (STI’s) rates‚ our school system is flawed with its Title V Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Program (abstinence-only). Even though abstinence is the only absolute way to avoid unwanted pregnancy and STI’s‚ it is incorrect to say it is the only way to avoid them. Our education system should abolish the abstinence-only program and incorporate comprehensive sexuality education‚ promoting safe sex and birth
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Teenage Drunk Driving "People need to be aware that what happened to me can happen to you. I had never thought about impaired driving as an issue in my youth‚ it wasn’t a debate. Now I know. Life really is about choices." This quote was from Tom Boyle who killed Brian Colgan in a drunk driving accident in 1995. Tom Boyle states that life is about choices. This brings up the issue with Massachusetts wanting to place a "scarlet letter" (mark of shame) on the licenses of convicted drunk drivers
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Memoir Driving a car is no easy task‚ especially when someone is trying to learn it for the first time. For many people driving is a terrifying experience which they hate. For others‚ driving is more of a duty and want to be over with it as soon as they can. For people like us‚ we drive for the sheer heck of it. Ever since I was a youngster‚ I always wanted to learn how to drive. I loved cars-and I still do to this day‚ this is why part of me wants to become a mechanical engineer. At the age of
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Enabling responsible living Partnerships for Responsible Living Partnership is the most important thing in life to get succeed in work‚ with family‚ with society etc. To get a good partnership need to live responsible. Unfortunately‚ we live in a society where it is very difficult to be responsible. Our world is more interested in making money than being responsible. For example in business‚ companies doesn’t think about what profit it makes to customers‚ they only think about how
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STL 3 K10 SAFE FOOD HANDLING Good Hygiene Practise When preparing food it is essential that you keep yourself and your kitchen clean. Wash and dry your hands thoroughly before touching and preparing food and after touching raw foods especially poultry such as chicken. Always wash your hands after using the toilet or touching bins or pets. It is recommended that hair be tied back or covered while cooking. Wear a clean apron when cooking and remove it should you need to visit the toilet. Change
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Underage Driving and Road Safety Many lives are shattered by underage drivers going for a joyride in the vehicles of their parents or older relatives. We are aware of many unlicensed drivers going for the short drive – but often overlook the nature of the risks and the consequences to these youngsters. Parents are urged to familiarize themselves with the risks associated with underage driving. The facts about underage driving: Teen drivers aged 16-19 years are four times more likely than older
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forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his life‚ but others lives were lost to. At the time‚ I never grasped how many people drink and drove. I had always
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Texting and Driving: Leads to Distraction Imagine driving down the road where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in your hair‚ you’re having a grand old time driving and then all of a sudden someone rams in the back of your car. This is the behavior of texting while driving is proven to be unsafe. Maryland passed a new law about no cell phones in the hands of the driver while the vehicle is on; to use your cell phone it has to be hands free device. Having this law‚ people still text and
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