The issues of texting and driving have been ongoing for years now. Many people are at fault for being distracted drivers. No matter what age you are‚ seventeen or thirty-five‚ being distracted behind the wheel is very dangerous. There is no way to make people stop texting and driving‚ even if it is illegal‚ because people do whatever they want to do. Even though texting and driving is both deadly and illegal‚ people still choose to be distracted by a handheld device‚ the radio‚ or something outside
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be able to text and drive because it’s dangerous to everyone if you text and driving‚ you could crash since you’re not focused on the road and you and the person you hit could become seriously injured or DIE. The first reason why cell phones are dangerous is it’s dangerous to everyone if you are texting and driving. In fact in the article “ Parents Share Son’s Fatal Text Message to Warn Against Texting and Driving “ (Parents Share page 137) it said in a split second you could ruin your future
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Distracted driving is becoming a crisis in many countries‚ such that in America‚ 69% of drivers aged 18 to 64 admit to using a handheld device while driving in previous months compared to 29% in the United Kingdom and 59% in Portugal (Helbock‚ 2015). Currently in America 45 out of 50 states each have passed laws to prohibit distracted driving. Each state sets its own regulations such as 14 states and the District of Columbia (DOC) prohibiting all the drivers from the use of handheld devices‚ 38
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It is not uncommon today for driving crashes to be in our daily evening news. Almost every day‚ there are reports and newspaper articles about drivers who were distracted or under the influence of something. Most of us have probably seen drivers swerving in their lanes or barely dodging a pedestrian because they are not focused. In fact‚ each day‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that “more than 15 people are killed and more than 1‚200 people are injured in crashes that
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Dangerous Driving Habits Colin Pemberton ENGL 1301 August 12‚ 2012 Pauline Rodock Dangerous Driving Habits Outline Thesis: Many of today’s drivers have dangerous driving habits including texting and talking on their cellphone‚ driving impaired‚ and interacting with passengers. I. Introduction II. Texting and Talking on Cell Phone III. Driving Impaired a. Alcohol b. Drugs IV. Interacting with Passengers c. Spouse d. Friends e. Kids
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distracted driving incidents by showing people that they should be safe when driving‚ so they won’t text and drive. It can be said that people don’t watch or listen to them‚ so they don’t really have much effect‚ but there are multiple reasons why they are affective. There have been many deaths due to people texting while driving. Texting and driving causes people to not pay attention to the road‚ leading to more accidents. Public Service Announcements show people the effects of texting while driving‚ which
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Accidents Caused by Distracted Driving Distracted driving is quickly become the most common cause of traffic accidents in the United States. Drivers are doing more and more things behind the wheel that have nothing to do with the task of driving. The latest distraction‚ Pokémon Go‚ is just another example of drivers placing their safety and the safety of others at greater risk. From using social media while driving to eating and grooming‚ drivers are doing everything behind the wheel except what
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Driving Under the Influence Final Being on a mobile device while driving has led to a “twenty three percent of auto collisions in 2011‚ which equals up to 1.3 million crashes‚” (TextingandDrivingsaftey.com) and should be completely avoided in respect to other drivers and patrons on the road. In a society that demands constant streams of social media‚ drivers are now more prone to distracted driving than ever. “Distracted driving is a serious and deadly epidemic on America’s roadways. There is
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said “Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts‚ but then again‚ do you think about those things when you talk?” McWhorter makes a vital point at the end of his quote. He states that people generally do not think about adhering to proper grammar rules when they talk‚ so naturally people do not consider utilizing them while texting‚ which is essentially talking in written form. As a result of people becoming adjusted to texting as they
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Abstract Distracted driving is any behavior that impairs the ability of a driver to operate a motor vehicle safely. Widespread cell phone ownership‚ the convenience and connectivity they offer and our virtual addiction to their habitual use‚ have made cell phones a significant distraction and a major source of automobile accidents and fatalities. Although many states have passed distracted driving laws‚ they have been difficult to enforce and mostly ignore the risks associated with hands-free operation
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