Text messaging‚ or texting‚ is the act of typing and sending a brief‚ electronic message between two or more mobile phones or fixed or portable devices over a phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS); it has grown to include messages containing image‚ video‚ and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter‚ while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the region. It may simply
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Texting and Driving vs. Drunk Driving Over the last century‚ technology has helped society move forward‚ making things faster and easier. Having a vehicle has allowed people to reach a destination faster than they would if they had to ride a bike or even walk. Also the ability to now text using a cell phone speeds up the communication process even more. With all the new technological advances you have to many people taking advantage of it; by texting while they are driving to make business or
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Why Texting While Driving is Bad Purpose: The main purpose of this speech is to persuade people that texting while driving is bad and how dangerous it can be. I. Introduction: Visual This: You’re on your way home from school or work. Then receive a text message from your friend. You decide to text them back right away. Composing and sending a text message can take a couple of seconds. In those few seconds‚ you could have run over a person‚ hit the car in front of you or gotten of your lane
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Approaching texting and driving is an issue that must be tended to. When I first received my license I was very big on texting and driving. Until one phone call changed my viewing on texting and driving. I had just got back from my friends house when he called me and said that our good buddy Tyler Henson had just wrecked his car into a culvert. The autopsy reports showed no sign of alcohol in his system but the causes or the wreck were decided to be speeding and texting while driving. He was on his
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dad in the car you would not dare to mess with your cell phone. What if you had a young child in the back seat with you‚ think of the other persons life. In conclusion‚ I disagree with the law that allows people to use hand held devices while driving because of the risk of the passengers‚ how quick the rate of accidents can increase‚ and how young adults like myself get easily distracted.Think about it everytime you thnk about using your phone‚ would your mother approve of it? Would you want your
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Dr. Kitty Luo COM 114 3rd June‚ 2015 Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: Dangers of Texting and Driving Specific Purpose : To persuade my audience not to text while driving because it is very dangerous. Thesis Statement: Texting and cellphones uses should be banned while driving. Using cell phone would make drivers have less control of the vehicles and more likely accident occurs. I. INTRODUCTION A. Cell phones are troublesome while driving. When a driver keeps talking or listening to music
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SPC1024 Stop Texting While Driving Introduction I. Reasons for texting and driving a. Dangerous i. They’ve conducted tests using driver’s texting‚ drivers under the influence of alcohol‚ and drivers under the influence of marijuana. It has been proven that texting is more dangerous than being under the influence. b. Distraction i. Statistics from the study show that drivers‚ between the age of 17 and 24‚ reduce their reaction time by 35% while texting. As a driver under the influence
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Persuasive Speech Manuscript English Honors III 16 January 2013 Text behind the wheel‚ and someone may be killed. No one wants to receive a call that says someone close to them died. No one means any harm by texting and driving; but texting behind the wheel is very harmful. “26% of teens say they read or send a text at least one time every time they drive.” (www.FCC.gov) 26%. That’s a pretty good percentage of just teens alone‚ that’s not even counting adults. No one considers themselves to be
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decided to driving while texting‚ she hit a parked car. Today I am here to persuade you to not text while driving. Driving while texting‚ is very dangerous‚ costly and should be illegal to all age of drivers in all states. There are two major dangers to worry about while driving and texting. There have been thousands of deaths due to texting while driving. The University of N. Texas Health Center reported during
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Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that texting and driving shouldn’t be allowed. Central Idea: Simple fact on how it puts everyone on danger that’s on the road and how many accidents it creates. Attention Getter: Imagine your leaving your house on your way to work and you need to drop off your daughter but you receive a text message‚ so as you are driving you look down and take a look at it but soon you realize it’s far too late and you have already hit the side of
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